{"id":17559,"date":"2021-05-03T22:58:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T14:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/billionaire-commander-and-future-space-crewmates-bond-during-mount-rainier-trek\/"},"modified":"2021-05-03T22:58:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T14:58:15","slug":"billionaire-commander-and-future-space-crewmates-bond-during-mount-rainier-trek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/billionaire-commander-and-future-space-crewmates-bond-during-mount-rainier-trek\/","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire commander and future space crewmates bond during Mount Rainier trek"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_618182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-618182\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-618182\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/210503-rainier1-630x420.jpg\" alt=\"Inspiration4 crew on Mount Rainier\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/210503-rainier1-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/210503-rainier1-1260x840.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/210503-rainier1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/210503-rainier1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/210503-rainier1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-618182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inspiration4 crewmates Christopher Sembroski, Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman and Hayley Arceneaux revel in their visit to Mount Rainier. (Inspiration4 Photo \/ John Kraus)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The road to space runs through \u2026 Mount Rainier?<\/p>\n<p>Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman, who\u2019s paying for a trip to orbit as a fundraiser for St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital, thinks a three-day expedition on Washington state\u2019s highest mountain with his future crewmates is a good way to prepare for three days of being cooped up in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to get comfortable getting uncomfortable,\u201d he was quoted as saying in an Instagram post by John Kraus, the official photographer for Isaacman\u2019s Inspiration4 space campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, Isaacman and the three other members of the Inspiration4 Dragon crew \u2014 Lockheed Martin engineer Christopher Sembroski, Arizona geoscientist Sian Proctor and St. Jude physician assistant Hayley Arceneaux \u2014 were part of a team that took on the miles-long trek to Camp Muir, a way station at the mountain\u2019s 10,080-foot elevation.<\/p>\n<p>Isaacman and a subset of the team went even higher and reached the 14,411-foot-tall mountain\u2019s summit during this trip \u2014 a stretch goal that the billionaire businessman missed out on during a preparatory climb earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1389446014545838083&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2021%2Fbillionaire-commander-future-space-crewmates-bond-mount-rainier-trek%2F&amp;sessionId=c825548186d56971e346886041cbe12c59425f38&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1389446014545838083\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782798796496724497=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amazing time w\/ @inspiration4x team on Mt. Rainier this weekend.  All objectives complete. I am so impressed.  Thanks @RMIExpeditions &amp; @EViesturs for the tough &amp; rewarding experience. pic.twitter.com\/nnuEpjhVnc<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jared Isaacman (@rookisaacman) May 4, 2021<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The crew\u2019s Seattle sojourn wasn\u2019t entirely glitch-free: \u201cKind of funny, overnight at hotel, someone stole the catalytic converters from all our rental cars,\u201d Isaacman tweeted. \u201cOur convoy driving to the mountain was making some noise. We should have had EV\u2019s.\u201d (Coincidentally, The Seattle Times had a story about the region\u2019s rash of catalytic converter thefts just a few days ago.)<\/p>\n<p>Preparations for the Inspiration4 flight seem to be going more smoothly. If all goes according to plan, the foursome will climb into the same Crew Dragon spaceship that brought four astronauts back from the International Space Station over the weekend. SpaceX will refurbish the craft, christened Resilience, for a mission that\u2019s set for liftoff as early as September.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Resilience\u2019s previous crew, the Inspiration4 spacefliers won\u2019t be going to the space station. Instead, Isaacman will serve as the commander of a free-flying mission that could provide further insights into the effects of spaceflight on non-professionals \u2014 and provide great pictures for the crew and folks watching at home. Resilience will be fitted with a giant cupola window to maximize the view.<\/p>\n<p>Isaacman, who\u2019s a trained jet pilot, hopes the project will raise $200 million for St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital. Contributions are still being taken via St. Jude\u2019s website, and you can bet there\u2019ll be opportunities during and after the flight for the Inspiration4 crew to highlight the work being done at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"SpaceX to launch four American civilians on historic, three-day voyage around Earth\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SpOp6RaP-Qs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Arceneaux, a cancer survivor, told CBS News that the crew plans to call patients from space. \u201cThey\u2019re going to see that somebody who was in their shoes, who also fought childhood cancer, can go to space,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I think it\u2019s really going to show them what they\u2019re capable of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sembroski, who lives in Everett, Wash., is looking forward to gaining a perspective from space that\u2019s likely to be even broader than the view from Mount Rainier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really hope that once I\u2019m up there \u2026 I am able to experience what it\u2019s like to look back down at Earth and see our beautiful blue ball sitting there, with no lines, no walls,\u201d he said a little more than a month ago when his selection for the crew was announced. Sembroski said sharing the experience could help others \u201crealize what incredible opportunities we have if we just continue to show kindness to one another, and reach out and be generous with our talents.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspiration4 crewmates Christopher Sembroski, Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman and Hayley Arceneaux revel in their visit to Mount Rainier. (Inspiration4 Photo \/ John Kraus) The road to space runs through \u2026 Mount Rainier? 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