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- Chun Wang, co-founder of F2Pool, one of the first Bitcoin mining pools, will command SpaceX’s first mission to Mars.
- SpaceX has not announced a launch date; The star has yet to reach orbit or carry astronauts.
- Before Mars, Wang will join another Starship spacecraft around the moon.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX hired Chun Wang, co-founder F2Poolone of the first Bitcoin mines pools in China, to command the first secret mission to Mars. The company did not provide a launch date.
The knowledge came during the present life washing Launch of Starship V3 on Thursday, minutes before the launch test.
“A lot of people (are) talking about the whole Mars being like we’re going to fly to Mars, we’re going to get to Mars, we’re going to build (a) city on Mars,” Wang said in a written statement. movie from the remote island of Bouvet in the South Atlantic. “But let’s start with the flies.”
Wang already has one spaceship to his credit. Last year, Wang donated money and ordered Fram2a three-day trip to polar orbit in the SpaceX Crew Dragon, where he and three crewmates were the first four people to fly over Earth’s poles.
“Space was good. I had already read a lot about space all my life, and I just went there to make sure,” Wang said interview on Bitcoin 2025. “So, don’t believe it, prove it. I’ve proven the place.”
Starship is SpaceX’s most reusable spaceship rocketthe largest and most powerful spacecraft ever built, designed to carry crews and cargo to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
A trip to Mars would take about two years, travel millions of miles, and the actual flight to Earth would take only a few hours. According to SpaceX, before the Mars mission, Chun will take part in the first commercial Starship mission around the Moon.
Although the time and length of interstellar travel, Wang said he is not concerned.
“I can look at the plane map the whole time I’m taking off and landing, so I think I’ll enjoy the trip,” he said.
Wang’s future mission to Mars is in line with Musk’s ambitious plans to establish a human community on Mars, predict that humans will be on the red planet in less than 20 years.
“Mars will no longer be a distant dream,” Wang said. “It will definitely happen.”
However, with the Starship still on the way, the timing of Mars is an open question. In April 2025, Musk said that SpaceX plans to launch an unmanned Starship to Mars by the end of 2026, carrying Tesla’s. Optimus humanoid robots, with humans by 2029.
Current political events in the United States have helped push the atmosphere. In his second speech, President Donald Trump called the mission to Mars part of America “show the future.”
“We will pursue our destiny in the stars, and launch American astronauts to plant stars and stripes on the planet Mars,” Trump said.
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