FROM: Friday Night Show 12/31/21
Here are some of the notes from our Show, which aired LIVE on December 31st 2021, about the regular folks that took flights off-world in 2021. We’re using this list to talk about the Everyday Spacer of the Year Award(s) for 2021.
24 Regular Folks are on the list who would YOU pick to be Everyday Spacer of the Year?
JJM…
Topic: Review Of 2021 – It’s Been A Good Year For Everyday Spacers!
PH…
2021 – The Rise Of The Everyday Spacer
Inspiration 4 Launched September 15th 2021
4 Civilians – Spent 3 Days In Orbit And Returned To Earth
Jared Isaacman – Mission Commander
Dr. Sian Proctor – Pilot
Hayley Arceneaux – Mission Specialist 1 & Medical Officer
Chris Sembroski – Mission Specialist 2
Significance…
All Regular Folks aka Everyday Spacers!
They Flew Higher Than ISS, Hubble, Blue Origin Flights And Virgin Galactic
JJM…
Speaking Of Which, Virgin Galactic Launched On July 11th 2021 – To Edge Out Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos Who Had Announced Their Flight On The Anniversary Of The Apollo 11 Landing On The Moon – July 20th
David MacKay – Pilot Of The Spacecraft
Michael Masucci – Co-Pilot
Four Passengers…
Sirisha Bandla – Indian-American Aeronautical Engineer
Colin Bennett – Lead Operations Engineer
Beth Moses – Chief Astronaut Instructor
Richard Branson – Virgin
Significance…
It’s Not Just A ‘Spam In A Can’ Unity 22 Spacecraft Needs A Pilot!
PH…
Blue Origin Rockets Took 3 Flights With More Civilians Including…
NS-16 – First Time Blue Origin Carried Astronauts To Space – Suborbital Flight
July 20th 2021
Wally Funk – Original Mercury 13, Oldest Then
Mark Bezos – Jeff Bezos Brother
Jeff Bezos – Of Amazon Fame
Oliver Daemen – Dutch Teen
NS-18 – Second With Crew
October 13th 2021
William Shatner – Star Trek Original Captain Kirk
Audrey Powers – Blue Origin Executive
Chris Boshuizen – Australian Entrepreneur
Glen de Vries – Microbilogist
NS-19 – The 19th New Shepard Mission – Blue Origin’s 3rd Flight With Passengers & First Full Crew Of 6!
December 11th 2021
Laura Shepard Churchley – Alan Shepard’s Grandaughter
Michael Strahan – Former American NFL Player & One Of Good Morning America Host
Evan Dick – Engineer & Investor
Dylan Taylor – CEO and Chairman of Voyager Space Holdings
Lane Bess & His Son Cameron Bess – Lane Is An Entrepreneur – Bess Ventures and Advisory
24 Regular Folks Flew In 2021!
