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The chipmaker came up with a highly scientific solution to the threat of tortilla chip "dust" in space by coating their brand-newBesides giving Isaacman and his three fellow crew members a carbohydrate boost, half a million dollars of the sponsorship money will also go to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which is the mission's main beneficiary.
The mission will see Isaacman, alongside three other private citizens, circle the Earth inside SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft. It's tentatively scheduled to lift off on August 26.While we can certainly get behind the good cause the mission is supporting, we can't help but grow a little wary of how quickly space travel is becoming commercialized. What's next, a Motel 6 on the Moon?
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