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The billionaire CEO who made history with SpaceX describes facing the 'vacuum of death' in only a spacesuit
- Jared Isaacman returned from the Polaris Dawn mission he led with SpaceX on September 15.
- Isaacman led the first private space walk, which marked a milestone in private space travel.
- Isaacman talked about the challenges of living off-world and what felt different during his second space mission.
- He likened looking out into the unknown darkness in space to traveling overseas in the 1400s.
- The Polaris Dawn mission broke NASA's Earth orbit record and tested new Starlink communication technology.
- The crew carried out around 38 science and research experiments to test the impact of radiation on the human body, contributing to SpaceX's goal to learn more about long-duration human missions to Mars and beyond.
- Isaacman said that his family was more charged up and enthusiastic during Polaris Dawn than during his first mission, Inspiration4.
- Isaacman raised over $240 million for St. Jude during his first mission with SpaceX, named in an effort to inspire support for the hospital.
- The Polaris Program is intended to be three missions mapped out over the next six to nine years, with the final mission being the first crewed flight of SpaceX's Starship.
- Isaacman anticipates fully reusable Starships becoming a tangible reality within the next decade and launching on a frequent basis.
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