{"id":83242,"date":"2024-08-13T21:54:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T21:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/13\/bitcoin-pioneer-chun-wang-to-command-spacexs-first-mission-over-earths-polar-regions\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T21:54:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T21:54:43","slug":"bitcoin-pioneer-chun-wang-to-command-spacexs-first-mission-over-earths-polar-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/13\/bitcoin-pioneer-chun-wang-to-command-spacexs-first-mission-over-earths-polar-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Pioneer Chun Wang to Command SpaceX&#039;s First Mission Over Earth&#039;s Polar Regions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/.image\/c_fit%2Ch_800%2Cw_1200\/MjA4NTQzODg5NjcyMzgxNjEz\/guzlwl7bsaawvir-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chun\u00a0Wang, the co-founder of Bitcoin mining pool f2pool and a well-known figure in the Bitcoin community, is set to command SpaceX\u2019s first human spaceflight mission to explore Earth\u2019s polar regions from orbit. Wang, who began mining Bitcoin back in 2011, said he has been eagerly preparing for this mission for the past 2.5 years and has been involved in every aspect of the mission, from the initial proposal and planning to the trajectory design and crew selection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNamed in honor of the ship that helped explorers first reach Earth\u2019s Arctic and Antarctic regions, Fram2 will be commanded by Chun Wang, an entrepreneur and adventurer from Malta,\u201d\u00a0SpaceX <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/updates\/#fram2\">announced<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cWang aims to use the mission to highlight the crew\u2019s explorational spirit, bring a sense of wonder and curiosity to the larger public, and highlight how technology can help push the boundaries of exploration of Earth and through the mission\u2019s research.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fram2 will become the first human spaceflight mission to fly over and explore the Earth\u2019s polar regions from orbit. Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/framonauts?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@framonauts<\/a> mission here \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3InB5ybsIx\">https:\/\/t.co\/3InB5ybsIx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rZ2PCw0GlX\">pic.twitter.com\/rZ2PCw0GlX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\/status\/1823085132234039706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis mission represents a new chapter in space exploration,\u201d said Wang.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve read many sci-fi stories about the first human missions to Mars, usually led by NASA or some fictional government. Rarely does anyone dare to imagine such a mission may be carried out privately. But now, I increasingly believe that someday we will reach Mars\u00a0\u2014 and it may be a person, or a company, not a nation, who gets there.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please allow me to quote Steve Jobs\u2019s original iPhone announcement in 2007: \u201cThis is a day I\u2019ve been looking forward to for two-and-a-half years. Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I\u2019ve been looking forward to this mission\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chun (@satofishi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/satofishi\/status\/1823205567210660045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Joining Wang on this mission is an international team of adventurers, including Norway\u2019s Jannicke Mikkelsen, Australia\u2019s Eric Philips, and Germany\u2019s Rabea Rogge. Over the course of 3 to 5 days, the crew will observe the polar regions from Dragon\u2019s cupola at an altitude of 425 to 450 km. They will study phenomena such as auroras and unusual light emissions, known as STEVE (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement), and\u00a0conduct a variety of research to better understand the effects of spaceflight on the human body,\u00a0to gain insights into space physics and atmospheric science.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/business\/bitcoin-pioneer-wang-chun-to-command-spacexs-first-mission-over-earths-polar-regions\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chun\u00a0Wang, the co-founder of Bitcoin mining pool f2pool and a well-known figure in the Bitcoin community, is set to command SpaceX\u2019s first human spaceflight mission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}