A bitcoin investor is headed to space with three polar explorers on the first flight to carry people over the north and south poles. SpaceX launched the four Monday night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Chinese-born entrepreneur Chun Wang bought the entire flight from Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Wang won’t say how much he paid for the 3 ½-day ultimate polar adventure. He took along three guests: a Norwegian filmmaker, a German robotics researcher and an Australian polar guide. It will take them 46 minutes to fly from pole to pole from their targeted 270-mile-high orbit. A bitcoin investor is headed to space with three polar explorers on the first flight to carry people over the north and south poles. SpaceX launched the four Monday night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Chinese-born entrepreneur Chun Wang bought the entire flight from Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Wang won’t say how much he paid for the 3 ½-day ultimate polar adventure. He took along three guests: a Norwegian filmmaker, a German robotics researcher and an Australian polar guide. It will take them 46 minutes to fly from pole to pole from their targeted 270-mile-high orbit. AP Technology and Science
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