NUMBER_TOKENa is famous for hosting historic launches such as the apollo NUMBER_TOKEN mission that landed the first man on the moon in NUMBER_TOKEN space shuttle programs have also been launched from this complex as well so who are these lucky people that get to be astronauts on the inspiration NUMBER_TOKEN mission well they were ordinary citizens just like you and me before they got selected for this mission well not exactly just like you and me but they are civilians and not trained astronauts in the conventional sense the mission is manned by four crew members as indicated in the name of the mission these four people were chosen for this mission for different aims and skills they bring to the table according to the sponsor of this mission jared isaacman all four of these crew members also present four different attributes these four attributes are leadership hope generosity and prosperity so let us meet the crew the first crew member is jared isaacman yes the same jared isaac man we just mentioned is sponsoring the mission he will serve as the spacecraft commander for the mission he is an experienced pilot with qualifications to handle both civilian and military aircraft jared himself is supposed to represent leadership jared is also an american billionaire he made his fortune by founding a payment processing company called shift for payment shift for payment processes payments for over NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN businesses in the retail hospitality leisure and restaurant industries according to the latest numbers shift for payment processes about NUMBER_TOKEN billion dollars annually jared is sponsoring the inspiration mission as a way to raise money for the saint jude children's research hospital he has personally donated NUMBER_TOKEN million dollars and plans a total of NUMBER_TOKEN million dollars jared purchased the flight as part of an effort to raise millions for st jude's children's research hospital the second crew member joining jared on the inspiration NUMBER_TOKEN mission is haley arkano a physician's assistant at saint jude hospital she was also a former bone cancer patient herself and got treatment at the saint jude children's hospital jared purchased her seat on the mission she is supposed to represent hope according to jared the third crew member is christopher sombroski szymbroski donated and participated in the raffle as part of an attempt to raise NUMBER_TOKEN million dollars for the hospital somebroski is a data engineer for lockheed martin from north carolina he is also a long time space enthusiast with amateur experience as an astronomer and a rocketeer sombrowski also served in the united states air force sombrowski's raffle ticket was not selected but luckily a friend from embry riddle aeronautical university was selected his friend had to decline the opportunity for personal reasons so sombroski got to go in his stead zimbroski will be the mission specialist on the inspiration for mission he is supposed to represent generosity the last crew member is dr sion proctor she is a geologist and pilot dr proctor was selected from competition among entrepreneurs tasked with setting up online stores using isaac min's shift for payment platform she is currently a major in the civil air patrol she serves as the aerospace education officer for its arizona wing she will be the pilot on the inspiration NUMBER_TOKEN mission she is supposed to represent prosperity but before we continue i want to thank squarespace for sponsoring this video i always recommend squarespace to everybody as i like how it allows you to grow and engage with your audience on your blog you can easily create powerful email campaigns that closely match your website with your blog posts and
START_SPONSOR_TOKEN but before we continue i want to thank squarespace for sponsoring this video i always recommend squarespace to everybody as i like how it allows you to grow and engage with your audience on your blog you can easily create powerful email campaigns that closely match your website with your blog posts and END_SPONSOR_TOKEN