SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn space crew talks about their ambitious mission (exclusive)

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The first commercial spacewalk and a big charity push are built into the mission, which includes an Inspiration4 astronaut.

. There, I experienced a day in the life of both a flight controller in Mission Control and an astronaut. From that point forward, it became my dream to contribute to this industry with my career. There are so many research experiments I'm excited about on this mission! We have selected approximately 35 different studies to undergo in five days, and each of them will explore novel and important ideas to help us improve life both here on Earth and on future missions deeper into space.

Poteet served 20 years in the Air Force, including senior roles like 64th Aggressor Squadron, USAF Thunderbird No. 4 demonstration pilot, operational test and evaluation pilot and flight examiner. Afterwards, he served as director of business development at Draken and president of strategy at Shift4, both companies of Isaacman's. Poteet was also Inspiration4's mission director.

I always assumed space was very unlikely due to my academic performance in grade school and college despite being a huge fan of the movie"The Right Stuff" back in the 1980s. Once this became a reality last year, I've embraced the opportunity and remain committed to sharing as much of the journey as I can with the public. It's just another example of how space exploration will be more accessible to future generations.

Scott Poteet of Polaris Dawn during SpaceX Crew Dragon training. From left are his crewmates Jared Isaacman, Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis.The attention to detail I've witnessed from the SpaceX team is beyond comparison with regard to how checklist procedures are executed, which is a true team effort to include mission control. There is a reason why SpaceX is leading the way in space exploration, and these men and women deserve their place in the history books.

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