Elon Musk's SpaceX To Launch 4 Civilians Into Space Today In Its First-Such Mission And Netflix Is Running A Special Livestream
Elon Musk's SpaceX To Launch 4 Civilians Into Space Today In Its First-Such Mission And Netflix Is Running A Special Livestream
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk-led SpaceX’s Inspiration4 rocket is scheduled to launch an all-civilian crew of four into orbit for three days on Wednesday, a mission that will be streamed live on Netflix Inc's (NASDAQ:NFLX) platform.
億萬富翁企業家埃隆·馬斯克-LEDSpaceX“激勵4號”火箭計劃於週三發射一個全民用的四名機組人員進入軌道，為期三天，這一任務將進行現場直播。奈飛(納斯達克：NFLX)平台。
What Happened: SpaceX said it is targeting a five-hour launch window on Wednesday, starting at 8:02 PM, ET to launch the Inspiration4 rocketship from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The team will return to Earth and land at one of several possible landing sites off the Florida coast three days after liftoff.
發生的事情：SpaceX公司表示，它的目標是週三從美國東部時間晚上8點02分開始，在美國東部時間晚上8點02分開始，在佛羅里達州的NASA肯尼迪航天中心發射Inspiration4火箭，發射時間為5個小時。升空三天後，該團隊將返回地球，並在佛羅里達海岸外幾個可能的着陸點之一降落。
The all-civilian crew is led by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of e-commerce firm Shift4 Payments Inc (NYSE:FOUR).
全部由平民組成的機組由億萬富翁企業家領導。賈裏德·艾薩克曼，電子商務公司創始人兼首席執行官Shift4 Payments Inc.紐約證券交易所代碼：四).
The other civilians for the round-trip include Hayley Arceneaux, a physician assistant at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital who is also a childhood cancer survivor, Chris Sembroski, an Air Force veteran and aerospace data engineer, and Sian Proctor, a geoscientist and entrepreneur.
往返的其他平民包括海莉·阿爾塞諾(Hayley Arceneaux)他是聖裘德兒童研究醫院的一名醫生助理，也是一名兒童癌症倖存者，克里斯·塞姆布羅斯基，空軍退伍軍人和航空航天數據工程師，以及西安市檢察官他是一位地球科學家和企業家。
Netflix Docuseries: The video streaming giant known for popular shows, movies, documentaries and more will “near” live stream the event as part of a docuseries "Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space."
Netflix紀錄片：這家以流行節目、電影、紀錄片和更多節目而聞名的視頻流媒體巨頭將“接近”現場直播這場活動，作為紀錄片“倒計時：靈感4號太空任務”(Countdown：Inspiration4 Task to Space)的一部分。
The series will premiere in five parts, which will include a finale that will premiere in late September.
這部電視劇將分五個部分首播，其中包括將於9月下旬首播的大結局。
Why It Matters: Musk’s space flight follows fellow billionaires Sir Richard Branson’s space flight aboard Unity 22 from Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (NYSE:SPCE) and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos traveling to space on a spaceflight of his venture Blue Origin in July.
Unlike Branson and Blue Origin, which made a dash into space and quickly returned, SpaceX aims to launch the flight in earth’s orbit and complete a three-day traversing space.
與布蘭森(Branson)和藍色起源(Blue Origin)衝進太空並迅速返回不同，SpaceX的目標是在地球軌道上發射飛行，並完成為期三天的太空穿越。
“The reason I started SpaceX was to get humanity to Mars. I want to make the dream of space accessible to anyone and ultimately make science fiction, not fiction,” Musk, who also leads electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), said in a Netflix trailer posted on the video-streaming company’s YouTube channel.
“我創辦SpaceX的原因是為了讓人類登上火星。我想讓每個人都能實現太空之夢，最終創作出科幻小説，而不是虛構小説。馬斯克也是電動汽車製造商的領導者特斯拉公司(Tesla Inc.)(納斯達克：NFLX)，在該視頻流媒體公司的YouTube頻道上發佈的Netflix預告片中説。
Price Action: Tesla shares closed 0.20% higher at $744.49 on Tuesday.
價格行動：特斯拉股價週二收高0.20%，報744.49美元。
See Also: Jeff Bezos After Blue Origin Flight Says We Need To Move All Heavy, Polluting Industries To Space
Photo: Courtesy of SpaceX
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