Justin Sun, the founder of TRON, is going to space. He will be the second person from the crypto industry to ever achieve this feat. Blue Origin confirmed Sun’s participation in its upcoming NS-34 suborbital mission.
The mission will carry six passengers aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket. There’s no official date yet for the launch.
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Alongside Sun, the crew includes Arvi Bahal, Gökhan Erdem, meteorologist Deborah Martorell, Lionel Pitchford, and J.D. Russell, who flew on a previous New Shepard flight.
Sun secured his seat in 2021 by winning a $28 million charity auction organized by Blue Origin. The organization donated the auction proceeds to “Club for the Future,” a STEM-focused foundation backed by Blue Origin.
Although originally scheduled for an earlier flight, Sun’s trip was postponed until now. NS-34 will be the 34th mission of New Shepard and the 14th carrying human passengers.
Furthermore, the rocket is a suborbital, reusable launch vehicle designed for brief spaceflights that cross the Kármán line. This is the internationally recognized boundary of space at 100 kilometers above Earth.
The flight will last about 10 minutes. During this time, passengers will experience several minutes of weightlessness before the capsule returns to Earth using parachutes.
All launches take place from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas.
Notably, the New Shepard is distinct from Blue Origin’s larger orbital rocket, the New Glenn. While New Glenn is intended for satellite launches and interplanetary missions, the New Shepard focuses on suborbital tourism and scientific payloads.
While Chun Wang, co-founder of a major Bitcoin mining pool, became the first crypto entrepreneur to fly to space on a SpaceX orbital mission earlier this year, Sun will be the first crypto industry leader to do so aboard Blue Origin.
Meanwhile, a livestream of the NS-34 launch will be available on Blue Origin’s website. The company has not yet announced the final launch date.
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