Washington (AFP):
A few months after it spent 3 days in space, the American billionaire Jared Eskman announced the preparation for three new special missions with "Spice X", the first is scheduled this year and will include a departure to space.
In these tasks, the Falcon 9 missile will be used by the manufacture of "Spice X", with the exception of the third task that will be the "first manned flight" of the new huge missile, "Starsp", which is still under development of the company owned by Elon Musk.
This announcement represents a new step for private companies operating in the space sector, after SpaceX has established its location in the distant space exploration market that was confined to government agencies..
The first three tasks called "Polaris Don" will try to reach "the highest Earth orbit that is ever reached", with "larger height" than any previous manned task conducted by "Spice X", according to a statement..
In September, businessman Jared Ezkman, the mission "Anbara, 4", the first in the world to be sent to space civilians exclusively without a professional astronaut..The journey reached 590 km, which is beyond the International Space Station.
Polaris Don "from Florida" during the last quarter of this year "will start at the earliest, on a mission that is expected to continue up to five days, according to the statement..
It is expected that a sort to outer space, for the first time in the history of the company's trips, is expected to "altitude approximately 500 km", as part of an experiment on the new spaces developed from "SpiceX" and designed to adapt to these activities outside the spacecraft.
The mission crew will consist of 4 members, headed by Jared Eskman himself who will lead the trip, and he is the head of the "Cift 4" financial company and a pilot.It will also include the pilot Scott Potit, who previously served in the Air Force and worked in several companies owned by the American billionaire, in addition to two employees in "Spice X", Sarah Gillis, who was charged with training the novice pioneers in the "Insbert 4" mission, and I am Menon, who worked seven years in the agencyAmerican space (NASA) before joining "Spice X".
The value of these tasks, which are organized within the framework of a program called "Polaris", was not revealed to the polar star (North Star).But estimates indicate that it reaches hundreds of millions of dollars.
The upcoming manufactured task via "Starsp" receives special attention, as this missile was chosen by "NASA" to be the vehicle that will transport astronauts to the moon in 2025 at the earliest appreciation.
Elon Musk pledged to reach the "Starsp" space for the first time this year, without anyone on board.