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It all started with a challenge launched by Philippe Croizon, a French adventurer on Twitter, in front of his 55,000 subscribers.
The quad amputee, author of a historic crossing of the Channel in 2010 and participant in the Paris-Dakar in 2017, announced on Friday November 20 that if he reached the 50,000 mark before Christmas, he would challenge Elon Musk to send him to space .
In less than an hour, Croizon had 55,000 subscribers.
You’re too strong on Twitter (I’m opening Google translate)
– Philippe Croizon (@PhilippeCROIZON) November 20, 2020
An hour later, Philippe Croizon put his plan into action by contacting famous American entrepreneur and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
“Hi Elon Musk. I’m a famous French adventurer with no arms or legs! Send me into space to prove once again that anything is possible,” Croizon wrote, tagging Elon and SpaceX and sharing some of his photos.
Hi @Elon Musk I am a famous French adventurer with no arms or legs! Send me into space to prove once again that anything is possible! @SpaceX pic.twitter.com/NX9Q9ShcUE
– Philippe Croizon (@PhilippeCROIZON) November 20, 2020
Several hours later Musk responded with good news for Philippe Croizon. “Someday we’ll fly you to Starship,” Tesla CEO tweeted.
One day we will fly you to Starship
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 20, 2020
Last weekend, a SpaceX rocket took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with four astronauts aboard, bound for the International Space Station (ISS).
This is the first six-month “operational” mission launched by SpaceX, marking the resumption of human spaceflight from the United States last May, after nine years of disruption and dependence on Russia.
SpaceX had already successfully completed a demonstration mission from May to August, two astronauts had been transported to the ISS and then returned to Earth without incident.
Armen hareyan is the founder and chief editor of Torque News. He founded TorqueNews.com in 2010, which has since published news and expert analysis on the automotive industry. Can be reached at Twitter couple news, Facebok, Linkedin and Youtube.
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