Billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman made history last year as the mission commander of SpaceX’s Inspiration4, the first all-civilian space mission to orbit. Now he’s preparing to go to space again with the Polaris Program: a series of three human spaceflight missions aiming to hit even more milestones, including the first-ever commercial spacewalk. Isaacman, mission commander of the program’s first mission Polaris Dawn, joined Morgan from SpaceX’s Starbase to discuss the program, the role SpaceX’s massive rocket Starship will play, and why despite the risks and controversy, the case for commercial space.

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15 Feb 2022