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.
亿万富翁企业家埃隆·马斯克-LEDSpaceX“激励4号”火箭计划于周三发射一个全民用的四名机组人员进入轨道，为期三天，这一任务将进行现场直播。奈飞(纳斯达克：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.
发生的事情：SpaceX公司表示，它的目标是周三从美国东部时间晚上8点02分开始，在美国东部时间晚上8点02分开始，在佛罗里达州的NASA肯尼迪航天中心发射Inspiration4火箭，发射时间为5个小时。升空三天后，该团队将返回地球，并在佛罗里达海岸外几个可能的着陆点之一降落。
The all-civilian crew is led by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of e-commerce firm Shift4 Payments Inc (NYSE:FOUR).
全部由平民组成的机组由亿万富翁企业家领导。贾里德·艾萨克曼，电子商务公司创始人兼首席执行官Shift4 Payments Inc.纽约证券交易所代码：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·阿尔塞诺(Hayley Arceneaux)他是圣裘德儿童研究医院的一名医生助理，也是一名儿童癌症幸存者，克里斯·塞姆布罗斯基，空军退伍军人和航空航天数据工程师，以及西安市检察官他是一位地球科学家和企业家。
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纪录片：这家以流行节目、电影、纪录片和更多节目而闻名的视频流媒体巨头将“接近”现场直播这场活动，作为纪录片“倒计时：灵感4号太空任务”(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.
这部电视剧将分五个部分首播，其中包括将于9月下旬首播的大结局。
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.
与布兰森(Branson)和蓝色起源(Blue Origin)冲进太空并迅速返回不同，SpaceX的目标是在地球轨道上发射飞行，并完成为期三天的太空穿越。
“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.
“我创办SpaceX的原因是为了让人类登上火星。我想让每个人都能实现太空之梦，最终创作出科幻小说，而不是虚构小说。马斯克也是电动汽车制造商的领导者特斯拉公司(Tesla Inc.)(纳斯达克：NFLX)，在该视频流媒体公司的YouTube频道上发布的Netflix预告片中说。
Price Action: Tesla shares closed 0.20% higher at $744.49 on Tuesday.
价格行动：特斯拉股价周二收高0.20%，报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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