The mystery winner of a seat aboard a SpaceX flight said he gifted the prize to his friend after the company determined that he exceeded the weight limit.
said he gifted the prize to his friend after the company determined that he exceeded the weight limit.
Kyle Hippchen says Chris Sembroski is the one person “who lives and breathes” space stuff like he does.He assumed that he was one of the finalists and told organizers that he was pulling out, only to find out in a series of emails that he had won the chance to orbit Earth. The flight’s sponsor, Shift4 Payments founder and CEO Jared Isaacman, allowed Hippchen to pick a stand-in.He ultimately handed over his ticket to Chris Sembrowski, who had been his roommate in the late 1990s while attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
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