Win a seat on a SpaceX flight (Inspiration4)

[steve58]

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Billionaire raffling off spare seat on all-civilian SpaceX flight to raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s hospital

This charity effort is out-of-this-world.

Jared Isaacman, a tech entrepreneur who is also a pilot on the side, announced on Monday that he’s bankrolling Elon Musk’s SpaceX flight and using it to help raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Research hospital. The 37-year-old billionaire, who’s the founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, will be piloting and commanding the multi-day mission for himself and three others.

In addition to giving $100 million to the Tennessee-based medical facility, Isaacman said he’s also donating two seats on the 4-person flight to St. Jude.

Until the end of February, anyone 18 or older can go to the hospital’s website and enter for a chance to win a seat on the Inspiration 4 mission, which has tentatively been set for October. Donations are not required, though they are encouraged and those who do contribute will be up for special prizes and packages.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-jason-issacman-st-jude-spacex-charity-20210203-cwlgutwdavfthlfrvejoekxenm-story.html

Edited February 3, 2021 by steve58

[Flying dutchman]

it's a shame you need a credit card. for non us donators/participants this is a real hurdle because in europe not as many people use them.

[Elthy]

Its not even open to non US-citizens from what ive read. Which is a real shame, it is an extremly effective benefit raffle. I would donate quite a sum to have a chance to fly to space, hopefully we will see more like this in the future.

[cubinator]

I've estimated the average odds around 2e-7. Possibly a better shot than the lottery.