Bitcoin tycoon spends $200 million of his own money to take Space X's Dragon spacecraft to carry out polar orbital mission

According to international aerospace news, SpaceX's manned Dragon spacecraft will start its sixth manned space mission (Fram-2) on April 1, 2025. This will be the first attempt in human history to enter polar orbit for manned flight.

There are 4 astronauts participating in this mission: Wang Chun, Yannick Mickelson, Labea Rogge, and Ann Eric Phillips.

Since no previous manned spacecraft has entered polar orbit to fly over the earth's poles, this time the crew will observe the earth in an unprecedented way.

At about 21:46 Eastern Time on March 31 (about 9:46 Beijing Time on April 1), Space Exploration Technology Company's "Falcon 9" rocket carrying the "Dragon" spacecraft was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The rocket will send the spacecraft into a polar orbit with an orbital inclination of 90 degrees. Astronauts will fly over the earth's poles, observe and explore the poles from an altitude of about 430 kilometers above the ground, and study human health in the space environment.

The mission, named after the Norwegian polar expedition ship "Fram", will last for 3 to 5 days. According to the mission website, the team will conduct 22 experiments, including the first X-ray image of the human body in space and the first attempt to grow mushrooms in space. Astronauts will also use wearable devices to monitor health data such as sleep, stress, hormone levels, blood sugar, etc. during the mission, and study the impact of space flight and microgravity environment on human health.

According to Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, the "Dragon" spacecraft will splash down near the coast of California when it returns to Earth with 4 people. This will be the first time that the company's manned spacecraft has splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.

Wang Chun, co-founder of F2Pool. He is a Chinese entrepreneur born in Tianjin, who started his business with Bitcoin investment (F2Pool Lianchuang) and has participated in many commercial space projects.

This mission was funded by Wang Chun's team at a cost of nearly $200 million, making it the first polar orbit mission in the history of commercial spaceflight to be contracted by a private party. Wang Chun is not only the initiator and main investor of the mission, but also personally serves as the commander.

Maybe you haven't heard of his name, but if you have played Bitcoin, you must have used the mining pool he created.

In 2013, F2Pool was born. At that time, "mining" was just a niche game for geeks, and no one foresaw that it would become a battlefield for billions of capital. And he was the one who took the lead in standing at the threshold.

He is not keen on telling entrepreneurial stories, and rarely talks about "blockchain changing the world" in public.

But in the past ten years, he has been in every sharp fluctuation in Bitcoin prices, migration of miners' computing power, and changes in policy supervision.

He is not noisy, but always present.

And now, he wants to do something bigger and make himself completely "disappear".

A few days ago, I joked during a chat: With such a large amount of Bitcoin, aren't you afraid of taking it into space?

He smiled and said: "There is no backup, no trust, and no one is told. If I can't come back, these coins will disappear forever."

"Aren't you worried about billions of assets?"

He said lightly: "I have no wife or children. I am lucky enough to live for my dream. If I can't come back, I will just give all Bitcoin holders a big red envelope of deflation."

I don't know how you feel at this moment, whether you are shocked, moved, or think he is crazy.

But what I know is that he has figured it out.

Others start a business to "buy a sports car" after financial freedom; he starts a business to "go to space one day."

Others talk about dreams to decorate their speeches; he talks about dreams after preparing for ten years, and then he paid nearly 200 million yuan to buy a ticket to the universe.

This SpaceX Fram-2 mission is the first polar orbit manned flight in human history funded by an individual, and even NASA has not participated in the bidding.

This time, he is not a technical leader, nor a Bitcoin pioneer, but a "commander".

He was the first person to board the ship and the last person to leave.

I once thought that the ultimate romance of Bitcoin is anonymity, decentralization, a cap of 21 million coins, and the loneliness of global miners using computing power to fight the world.

Until he said: "The greatest romance is that you believe in a possibility with nothing, and then use your life to verify it."

Tonight, there may be one more lonely Chinese in space.

But on Earth, what he left behind is a Bitcoin life that no one can copy.

If he comes back, I will definitely treat him to a drink and toast him for living only for himself once in his life.

If he can't come back, please remember this name-Wang Chun, co-founder of F2Pool, who used one person to carry the folk belief of mankind in the universe.

If you look up tonight and see a light in the sky, it may be that he flew over with his dream.

This flight may not be broadcast live around the world like Musk.

But in the eyes of real blockchain veterans, he represents the most original spirit of Bitcoin - no identity, no privilege, only passion and execution.

Tonight, he is not here to be remembered, but to prove that ordinary people can also go to the universe.

When he returns safely, we will drink, brag, and talk about the "version update" of mankind again.