{"id":620919,"date":"2024-05-18T09:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T06:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dads-going-up-in-a-rocket-french-businessman-set-for-launch\/"},"modified":"2024-05-18T09:30:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T06:30:02","slug":"dads-going-up-in-a-rocket-french-businessman-set-for-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dads-going-up-in-a-rocket-french-businessman-set-for-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Dad&#8217;s going up in a rocket!&#8217; French businessman set for launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af1a4cdd1df5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af1a4cdd1df5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dads-going-up-in-a-rocket-french-businessman-set-for-launch\/#%E2%80%98Not_risk-free\" >&#8216;Not risk-free&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/french-entrepreneur-sy.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2024\/french-entrepreneur-sy.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"French entrepreneur Sylvain Chiron says he's excited to see the Earth from space, &quot;in all its fragility and beauty&quot;\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/french-entrepreneur-sy.jpg\" alt=\"French entrepreneur Sylvain Chiron says he's excited to see the Earth from space, &amp;quot;in all its fragility and beauty&amp;quot;\" title=\"French entrepreneur Sylvain Chiron says he's excited to see the Earth from space, &quot;in all its fragility and beauty&quot;\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                French entrepreneur Sylvain Chiron says he&#8217;s excited to see the Earth from space, &#8220;in all its fragility and beauty&#8221;<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He arrived in Texas, tried on his flight suit for the first time, and is now preparing to live out his childhood dream.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\"><!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<p>On Sunday, French entrepreneur Sylvain Chiron will board a Blue Origin rocket and blast off into space, joining the select group of humans who have ventured beyond Earth&#8217;s bounds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I never thought I&#8217;d get to do this,&#8221; the 52-year-old, who hails from the mountainous southeastern region of Savoy, told AFP in an interview two days before his adventure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to be astronauts for 15 minutes, so a bit like pretend astronauts, but astronauts nonetheless!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin&#8217;s spaceflights are brief hops just beyond the edge of space and back again\u2014but still allow passengers to admire the curve of the Earth while free floating during a few minutes of weightlessness.<\/p>\n<p>In all, the Jeff Bezos-owned enterprise has flown 31 humans to space on its New Shepard suborbital rocket system.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s mission, the first with crew after a two-year pause, will see six people soar beyond the Karman Line, the internationally recognized boundary of space, 62 miles (100 kilometers) above sea level.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This morning, I put on my flight suit for the first time\u2014my wife found me very handsome as an astronaut,&#8221; Chiron joked on the phone, as he prepared for a day of training including a flight simulator.<\/p>\n<p>What is he most looking forward to?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Seeing the Earth from space,&#8221; he replied. &#8220;This feeling of leaving the world of men and seeing the Earth as a whole, from above, without borders, in all its fragility and beauty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an exceedingly rare opportunity. Only 10 French space agency astronauts have ever gone to space. In 2023, French-Italian Ketty Maisonrouge flew to space with Virgin Galactic, a competitor of Blue Origin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/french-entrepreneur-sy-1.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2024\/french-entrepreneur-sy-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"French entrepreneur Sylvain Chiron will board a Blue Origin rocket and blast off into space, joining the select group of humans who have ventured beyond Earth's bounds.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/french-entrepreneur-sy-1.jpg\" alt=\"French entrepreneur Sylvain Chiron will board a Blue Origin rocket and blast off into space, joining the select group of humans who have ventured beyond Earth's bounds\" title=\"French entrepreneur Sylvain Chiron will board a Blue Origin rocket and blast off into space, joining the select group of humans who have ventured beyond Earth's bounds.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                French entrepreneur Sylvain Chiron will board a Blue Origin rocket and blast off into space, joining the select group of humans who have ventured beyond Earth&#8217;s bounds.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Expensive, but not crazy expensive<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Prices for these ultra-coveted tickets are a well-guarded company secret.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, it&#8217;s expensive&#8221; but &#8220;not completely crazy either,&#8221; said Chiron. &#8220;There are some who would buy a pretty red car with this money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This thrill-seeker believes that the check he wrote was only a part of the reason he was selected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They received thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications, from people much wealthier than me,&#8221; he said, and believes it was his lifelong passion for space that set him apart.<\/p>\n<p>And he wants to become &#8220;an inspiration for young people&#8221; to follow their dreams and never give up\u2014foremost his two children, aged 14 and 15.<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention, &#8220;Dad&#8217;s going up in a rocket!&#8221; has a cool ring to it, he laughed.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Not_risk-free\"><\/span>&#8216;Not risk-free&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Determined in his youth to become an astronaut, Chiron obtained his private pilot&#8217;s license at 16, then attended a summer program hosted by an American military academy for further flying lessons.<\/p>\n<p>While in Florida, he couldn&#8217;t pass up the chance to watch launches of the iconic space shuttle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/the-upcoming-blue-orig.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2024\/the-upcoming-blue-orig.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"The upcoming Blue Origin mission, the first with crew after a two-year pause, will see six people soar beyond the Karman Line, the internationally-recognized boundary of space, 62 miles (100 kilometers) above sea level.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/the-upcoming-blue-orig.jpg\" alt=\"The upcoming Blue Origin mission, the first with crew after a two-year pause, will see six people soar beyond the Karman Line, the internationally-recognized boundary of space, 62 miles (100 kilometers) above sea level\" title=\"The upcoming Blue Origin mission, the first with crew after a two-year pause, will see six people soar beyond the Karman Line, the internationally-recognized boundary of space, 62 miles (100 kilometers) above sea level.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                The upcoming Blue Origin mission, the first with crew after a two-year pause, will see six people soar beyond the Karman Line, the internationally-recognized boundary of space, 62 miles (100 kilometers) above sea level.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It was pretty incredible,&#8221; he recalls. &#8220;Not only were we flying, but we had the shuttle right there&#8221; on its launch pad, to admire.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually he shifted his focus toward business studies, at Temple University in Philadelphia, and in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>He also did military service and\u2014true to his Alpine roots\u2014was a ski instructor for French Air Force and NATO pilots.<\/p>\n<p>About 25 years ago, he founded Brasserie du Mont-Blanc, now a major French craft brewery. He has since sold the company and is now working on a distillery project.<\/p>\n<p>Aware of the criticism surrounding the emerging private space flight sector, he makes it clear he&#8217;s not at all a fan of the term &#8220;space tourism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tourism is &#8220;taking a leisurely cruise and sipping a pina colada,&#8221; said Chiron.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is still an adventure which is not completely risk-free.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In fact, he added, these early commercial flights contribute to the broader goal of space development.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are a lot of technological advances that have come about thanks to space research,&#8221; insisted the entrepreneur, recalling how the Apollo program was a catalyst for the modern computing industry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The indirect benefits are not necessarily obvious, but they are enormous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                  \u00a9 2024 AFP\n                                             <\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                &#8216;Dad&#8217;s going up in a rocket!&#8217; French businessman set for launch (2024, May 18)<br \/>\n                                                retrieved 18 May 2024<br \/>\n                                                from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2024-05-dad-rocket-french-businessman.html<\/p>\n<p>                                             This document is subject to copyright. 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