The cryptocurrency businessman Justin Sun rose to the edge of space on Sunday aboard a rocket of blue origin, almost three years after winning his seat with an offer of $ 28 million.
The founder of Tron and the Trump family ally Initially he had secured a place in the first launch of Blue Origin with Jeff Bezos in 2021, but postponed the flight.
On Sunday morning, Sun joined five other passengers, including a teacher, a risk capitalist and a meteorologist, for a brief suborbital trip aboard the new Shepard rocket of western Texas, according to to Bloomberg News. The mission marked the 14th human flight of Blue Origin and continued the company’s impulse to make space tourism a conventional show.
The profits of SUN’s winning offer were for Blue Origin’s Club for the Future, a foundation that supports charity organizations focused on space.
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The crew was built at 7:42 am local time, experiencing a few minutes of intimidity on the edge of space before returning safely to the earth. Next to Sun were the real estate investor Arvi Bahal; Turkish businessman Gökhan Erdem; Meteorologist and journalist Deborah Martorell; Lionel Pitchford teacher; and JD Russell, founder of Alpha Funds.
Sun’s participation was officially revealed A few weeks before the flight, when Blue Origin announced the passenger list for its new Shepard NS-34 mission. Blockchain Mogul’s offer was news in 2021, although his identity as winning bidder initially remained secret.
The new high -profile Shepard passengers have included the pop star Katy Perry and Lauren Sánchez, now married to Bezos.
While the trip lasted only minutes, it limited a personal milestone long for the sun, and reaffirmed the role of Blue Origin at the beginning of the adventurers and celebrities rich in the space era.
