SpaceX founder and multibillionaire Elon Musk has promised to donate $50 million to SpaceX's Inspiration4 fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
On Saturday, the Inspiration4 crew shared new pictures on Twitter showing Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Sian Proctor and Chris Sembroski after their capsule parachuted into the Atlantic Ocean just before sunset.
'#Inspiration4's mission doesn't end here — help us reach our $200 million fundraising goal for @StJude,' the tweet read.
Musk responded shortly, writing: 'Count me in for $50M.'
SpaceX founder and multibillionaire Elon Musk (pictured) has promised to donate $50 million to SpaceX's Inspiration4 fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Musk paid undisclosed millions for the trip to show that ordinary people could blast into orbit by themselves, and were the first to orbit Earth without a professional astronaut.
The all-amateur crew that encompassed Inspiration4 was created primarily to raise awareness and support for the pediatric cancer center, which successfully treated Arceneaux for bone cancer when she was a child.
Musk paid undisclosed millions for the trip to show that ordinary people could blast into orbit by themselves, and were the first to orbit Earth without a professional astronaut.
Isaacman, 38, an entrepreneur and accomplished pilot, aimed to raise $200 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and donated $100 million himself.
Joining him on the flight were Arceneaux, 29, a St. Jude physician assistant who was treated at the Memphis, Tennessee hospital for bone cancer, and contest winners Chris Sembroski, 42, a data engineer in Everett, Washington, and Sian Proctor, 51, a college educator, scientist and artist from Tempe, Arizona.
The all-amateur crew that encompassed Inspiration4 was created primarily to raise awareness and support for the pediatric cancer center of the hospital
On Saturday, the Inspiration4 crew completed their mission after Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Sian Proctor and Chris Sembroski's papsule parachuted into the Atlantic Ocean just before sunset.
