Next month, SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission will carry four passengers including its commander, American businessman Jared Isaacman. Recently, Elon Musk and Netflix announced an unprecedented partnership. The streaming platform intends to produce a series on the mission.
A new stage of space tourism will soon take place. This one will begin on September 15, 2021 with the launch of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship as part of the Inspiration4 mission . On board will be US businessman Jared Isaacman and three other randomly selected passengers – a man and two women. The crew will leave for a three-day stay in orbit around the Earth. Lately, we were talking about the intense preparation of passengers between centrifuge, climbing and flying lessons.
In a tweet published on August 3, 2021, notably relayed by Space.com , Netflix unveiled the poster for a new documentary mini-series coming. This one will have as its main theme the Inspiration4 mission. Moreover, the title of this production leaves no doubt about its nature:Countdown:Inspiration4 Mission To Space (see below).
According to Netflix, this will be the very first documentary produced by the platform to cover such an event in near real time. The miniseries will have five episodes whose progress will begin before the mission and will end after. Without a doubt, this is a huge publicity stunt for SpaceX, for whom the Inspiration4 mission is of the utmost importance. Indeed, Elon Musk absolutely does not want to miss the niche of space tourism.
The thing is, the competition is pretty stiff in this sector with the presence of Virgin Galactic (Richard Branson) and Blue Origin (Jeff Bezos). These two companies spent a few minutes in space during their respective flights on July 11 and 20, 2021. Obviously, if all goes according to plan, SpaceX will be the first private company to keep passengers in space for three days.
Finally, let's mention the fact that the Inspiration4 mission will be an autonomous flight, a great first for the Crew Dragon spacecraft – of which it will be the fourth manned flight . In addition, the capsule does not provide any docking with the International Space Station (ISS). The docking port has indeed been replaced by a panoramic plexiglass window . This one is inspired by the Cupola, the panoramic observation dome of the ISS.
