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Hans Koenigsmann and ESA's Michi Benthaus (a paraplegic) discuss planned New Shephard flight (DE, with subtitles in EN & ES) (www.youtube.com)

submitted 5 days ago by ptfrd@sh.itjust.works to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

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Welcome to SENKRECHTSTARTER! Today, I'm talking to Michi Benthaus (ESA, Mars Atmosphere/GNC) and Hans Königsmann (former SpaceX, “father of Falcon 9 & Dragon”) about their planned Blue Origin flight with New Shepard. Michi would be the first paraplegic person to cross the Kármán line (~100 km)

I'm not sure which mission they're allocated to. (Haven't actually watched the interview yet.) Obviously not NS-35 as that was a couple of hours ago (and unmanned). This list on Wikipedia doesn't currently have entries for NS-36 or any subsequent missions.

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[–] ptfrd@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I wonder how long they've been waiting, whether they jumped the queue, how long the queue actually is, etc.. And are they paying? If not, wouldn't the paying customers get a bit annoyed?

(Haven’t actually watched the interview yet.)

[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Königsmann can definitely afford whatever it costs

[–] ptfrd@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Yes, I was just wondering whether he is a billionaire. How many SpaceX billionaires there might be. Etc. I'm guessing we're talking a net worth of more like 9 digits than 10, though.