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Meet Chun Wang, the mastermind of the Fram2 mission Chun Wang is a somewhat mysterious figure. Two cryptocurrency experts CNN reached out to said that Wang tends to keep a lower profile than most people in the blockchain investment community. What we do know is that Wang is a cofounder of Stakefish and F2Pool, “which are among the largest Bitcoin mining pools and Ethereum staking providers,” according to the Fram2 website.
F2Pool is an organization that uses a network of computers to mine for cryptocurrency, which involves solving complex mathematical problems. And F2Pool is very prominent, responsible for about 11% of the total Bitcoin “hashrate” — or the total computational power being used to mine for coins. Wang’s net worth is ostensibly in the billions, though an exact figure is not clear.
And how much he paid for this mission is unknown. Outside of his blockchain business, Wang is an avid adventurer, having visited more than 100 countries. “My own journey has been shaped by lifelong curiosity and the fascination with pushing boundaries,” Wang said Friday during an audio-only Spaces event on X, the social media platform owned by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
Wang is not nervous or anxious about this mission, according a post he made on X. “Now, everything needs to be done has been done. From here on, it’s just following the procedures.
Excited doesn’t belong to me anymore.” Fram2 commander Chun Wang SpaceX launch directors poll "GO" for launch The Fram2 crew just hit one of several crucial milestones before takeoff. Launch controllers have all agreed to move forward with tonight’s launch — clearing the way for the rocket to begin filling up with fuel.
The company will also now activate the emergency launch escape system on the Fram2 crew’s Dragon capsule, and the aerial arm that the passengers used to board the vehicle can begin moving away. SpaceX's launch broadcast is live SpaceX just began its live coverage of tonight’s takeoff. The stream is available on the company’s website as well as X , the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk purchased in 2022.
Hosting tonight’s broadcast are John Insprucker, a principal integration engineer at SpaceX, and Jesse Anderson, a senior manufacturing engineering manager. The Fram2 crew is on board their spacecraft Unlike the typical astronaut missions that SpaceX flies in collaboration with NASA, there’s no play-by-play of a lot of the milestones leading up to launch. But mission commander Chun Wang, who is financing this flight, has shared some updates on his social media account.
A few hours ago, he posted a quick snapshot of the crew in transit aboard Teslas — where they watched a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch Starlink satellites from a different launchpad. Falcon 9 delivers 28 @Starlink satellites to orbit and completes the 425th landing of an orbital class rocket pic.twitter.
com/1vMeMEtkxf And just a short while ago, Wang shared footage of the Fram2 crew waving goodbye to ground crews as the hatch on their spacecraft swung shut. SpaceX passengers always board their capsule hours before takeoff in order to allow plenty of time for pre-launch checkouts. L-2h05m Side hatch closed.
We are go for launch. 🚀 pic.twitter.
com/EGcvYFRKVx SpaceX will start a livestream of the event about one hour before liftoff. The company has several possible launch opportunities: 9:46 p.m.
, 11:20 p.m., 12:53 a.
m., and 2:26 a.m ET.
Here's what to expect during this flight SpaceX is set to launch its latest mission for paying customers — taking a cryptocurrency billionaire and three guests on a dayslong trip that will orbit directly above Earth’s North and South poles — a feat never attempted before. Liftoff from Florida is expected during a 4.5-hour launch window that opens at 9:46 p.
m. ET . Mission controllers will be keeping a close eye on the weather.
“While we’re hopeful we could fly on Monday, (and) it is possible — if we’ll need to wait a couple days on the pad, we’re prepared to do that,” said Kiko Dontchev, SpaceX’s vice president of launch, during a virtual event on Friday. When liftoff does occur, here’s what to expect: • SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will fly south from the company’s launch facilities due East of Orlando — tracing a path that no human spaceflight mission has ever traveled. • The Fram2 crew’s capsule will head over Cuba and Panama as the rocket fires the spacecraft to orbit.
• A few minutes into flight, the first-stage booster of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will have spent most of its fuel. It will then detach from the crew capsule as well as the rocket’s second, or upper, stage. • The Falcon 9 rocket booster will then head for landing on a seafaring barge.
• The upper part of the rocket, still attached to the Crew Dragon capsule, will then fire up its own engine and begin propelling the crew to orbital speeds — typically more than 17,500 miles per hour (28,000 kilometers per hour). • After reaching orbit, the crew is expected to spend three to five days in space before splashing down off the coast of California..
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