Inspiration4's Jared Isaacman is on the crew.
He only agreed to take on the additional flights, he said, if they"serve the bigger purpose of opening up space for everyone and making humankind a multiplanetary species and, ideally, have a benefit for the things we're trying to accomplish back here on Earth."Scott"Kidd" Poteet, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and former Thunderbird pilot, will serve as mission pilot for the Polaris Dawn SpaceX mission in late 2022.
His 20 years of Air Force work included several senior roles, such as commander of the 64th Aggressor Squadron, USAF Thunderbird No. 4 demonstration pilot, operational test and evaluation pilot and flight examiner. Aside from his work, Kidd has competed in 15 Ironman triathlons since 2000 and is described as"an accomplished collegiate runner."Sarah Gillis, a SpaceX Lead Space Operations Engineer overseeing astronaut training, will serve as a mission specialist on the private Polaris Dawn mission in late 2022.
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