1 00:00:20,729 --> 00:00:25,025 I like to think of it as humanity's great taunting. 2 00:00:25,108 --> 00:00:31,072 Space taunts us because it's always there, it's always visible, 3 00:00:31,156 --> 00:00:34,534 it's directly across the cosmic window. 4 00:00:35,702 --> 00:00:38,329 Just on the other side of the glass 5 00:00:38,413 --> 00:00:43,501 is this great expanse that we can see, we can imagine, 6 00:00:43,585 --> 00:00:48,757 but we cannot touch. And that lure is irresistible. 7 00:00:49,716 --> 00:00:54,054 Throughout human history, the enormity of space, 8 00:00:54,137 --> 00:00:58,850 the great bowl of the sky has always inspired equal parts 9 00:00:58,933 --> 00:01:03,354 reverence, awe, and mortal terror. 10 00:01:08,318 --> 00:01:13,656 Space is the place we have been striving to go 11 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:16,284 since we first looked up at the stars. 12 00:01:18,328 --> 00:01:22,332 And we have actually been going since 1957. 13 00:01:22,415 --> 00:01:24,334 Today a new moon is in the sky: 14 00:01:24,417 --> 00:01:28,004 a 23-inch metal sphere placed in orbit by a Russian rocket. 15 00:01:28,505 --> 00:01:32,592 We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, 16 00:01:32,675 --> 00:01:36,262 not because they are easy, but because they are hard. 17 00:01:36,971 --> 00:01:40,767 The competition between the US and the Soviet Union 18 00:01:40,850 --> 00:01:43,353 turbocharged the space race. 19 00:01:45,730 --> 00:01:49,109 We went from a standing start, with no human being 20 00:01:49,192 --> 00:01:51,444 ever having been off the planet, 21 00:01:53,988 --> 00:01:56,407 to the surface of the moon in eight years. 22 00:01:56,491 --> 00:02:01,621 It's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. 23 00:02:04,874 --> 00:02:08,670 The Space Race 1.0 was the US and the Soviet Union. 24 00:02:09,546 --> 00:02:13,967 Space Race 2.0 is suddenly the private sector saying, 25 00:02:14,050 --> 00:02:19,305 "If I have the money, and I have the know-how, and I have the will, 26 00:02:19,389 --> 00:02:21,099 I can go to space." 27 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:32,152 On July 11, we saw Richard Branson take his space plane 50 miles high... 28 00:02:32,235 --> 00:02:35,238 Three, two, one, release, release, release. 29 00:02:37,782 --> 00:02:41,452 ...and gave its passengers about three and a half, four minutes 30 00:02:41,536 --> 00:02:42,704 in space. 31 00:02:42,787 --> 00:02:47,041 I'm an adult in a spaceship with lots of other wonderful adults! 32 00:02:48,251 --> 00:02:49,669 ...two, one. 33 00:02:50,962 --> 00:02:52,172 Ignition. 34 00:02:52,255 --> 00:02:56,676 Nine days later, Jeff Bezos flew over 62 miles high. 35 00:02:56,759 --> 00:03:03,057 They flew passengers on an 11-minute popgun suborbital space flight. 36 00:03:06,227 --> 00:03:08,897 These were not small accomplishments. 37 00:03:08,980 --> 00:03:14,277 What SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission is about to do is vastly more ambitious 38 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,197 and will change the game entirely. 39 00:03:21,201 --> 00:03:25,997 For the first time, four civilians are going to space. 40 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:30,251 They will orbit the Earth for three days by themselves. 41 00:03:31,294 --> 00:03:35,381 These are four non-professional astronauts 42 00:03:35,965 --> 00:03:39,385 flying a spacecraft around and around the Earth. 43 00:03:40,553 --> 00:03:43,181 This is a hinge point in history, 44 00:03:43,264 --> 00:03:46,726 and will kick the doors open to space for the rest of us. 45 00:03:47,352 --> 00:03:51,105 Inspiration4 is four people with very different backgrounds. 46 00:03:51,189 --> 00:03:54,400 Every person who's gonna join this mission 47 00:03:54,484 --> 00:03:58,112 has to be able to deliver a very powerful and inspiring story in their own right. 48 00:03:58,196 --> 00:04:03,034 We represent inclusive, diverse access to space. 49 00:04:03,117 --> 00:04:06,996 There have been three Black female American astronauts. 50 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,207 I will be number four. 51 00:04:09,874 --> 00:04:12,710 I'll be the youngest American to go into orbit. 52 00:04:13,503 --> 00:04:16,506 Also the first pediatric cancer survivor to go to space. 53 00:04:18,424 --> 00:04:21,803 When I heard that they were offering me a seat, I had a flood of thoughts. 54 00:04:21,886 --> 00:04:25,014 There's a lot of risk. What happens if something goes wrong? 55 00:04:25,098 --> 00:04:26,098 I have a family. 56 00:04:26,140 --> 00:04:28,820 What is that gonna do to her or what's it gonna do to our daughters? 57 00:04:35,483 --> 00:04:38,611 It is a certainty 58 00:04:38,695 --> 00:04:42,824 that we will become a multi-planet species. 59 00:04:42,907 --> 00:04:46,286 And this is the next significant step 60 00:04:46,369 --> 00:04:49,289 to other worlds deep beyond Earth. 61 00:04:49,372 --> 00:04:51,082 And it starts now. 62 00:05:21,738 --> 00:05:24,991 My name is Jared Isaacman, I'm 38 years old. 63 00:05:25,074 --> 00:05:29,245 I'm commander of Inspiration4, first all-civilian mission to space. 64 00:05:36,044 --> 00:05:38,338 ♪ Life is precocious ♪ 65 00:05:38,421 --> 00:05:41,174 ♪ In a most peculiar way ♪ 66 00:05:41,841 --> 00:05:46,012 ♪ Sister psychosis Don't got a lot to say ♪ 67 00:05:46,095 --> 00:05:48,890 ♪ She go let it out ♪ 68 00:05:48,973 --> 00:05:51,726 ♪ She go let it out ♪ 69 00:05:51,809 --> 00:05:54,479 ♪ She go let it out ♪ 70 00:05:55,188 --> 00:05:57,315 I do believe you only get one crack at life. 71 00:05:58,399 --> 00:06:00,401 To the extent you have the means to do so, 72 00:06:00,485 --> 00:06:04,322 you have this obligation to live life to the fullest. 73 00:06:04,405 --> 00:06:06,574 You never know when it's going to be your last day. 74 00:06:08,618 --> 00:06:10,661 That kind of philosophy has taken me 75 00:06:10,745 --> 00:06:13,164 from my first two flights around the world 76 00:06:13,247 --> 00:06:16,376 which were both world record attempts in 2008 and 2009. 77 00:06:18,127 --> 00:06:22,215 It's taken me to flying airshows as part of a seven-ship formation acrobatic team. 78 00:06:22,965 --> 00:06:25,885 It's taken me to some interesting places in the world, like Antarctica, 79 00:06:25,968 --> 00:06:27,637 on mountain climbing expeditions. 80 00:06:28,179 --> 00:06:29,722 He's definitely adventurous. 81 00:06:29,806 --> 00:06:32,725 I think he would tell you he's not a daredevil, 82 00:06:32,809 --> 00:06:37,021 'cause he likes to calculate his risks, but he is like a daredevil. 83 00:06:38,689 --> 00:06:42,235 I just know how lucky I am, and a large part of it is because 84 00:06:42,318 --> 00:06:45,613 I've had a very successful day job running a company that's... 85 00:06:45,696 --> 00:06:47,281 that's afforded me these opportunities. 86 00:06:47,365 --> 00:06:50,034 Jared Isaacman had an idea that is now worth 87 00:06:50,118 --> 00:06:53,788 more than $50 million. He figured out a way for businesses 88 00:06:53,871 --> 00:06:55,351 to process credit cards more quickly. 89 00:06:55,415 --> 00:06:57,893 High school dropout turned businessman Jared Isaacman. 90 00:06:57,917 --> 00:07:00,795 You're young, you created this great company, you make a lot of money... 91 00:07:00,878 --> 00:07:02,213 You know, it's about opportunity. 92 00:07:02,296 --> 00:07:05,216 Jared's company grew more than 2000%. 93 00:07:05,299 --> 00:07:08,594 CEO Jared Isaacman is ringing the closing bell 94 00:07:08,678 --> 00:07:10,430 of the New York Stock Exchange. 95 00:07:11,931 --> 00:07:14,725 ♪ Go let it out ♪ 96 00:07:14,809 --> 00:07:19,480 ♪ Don't let it in Don't let it in, don't let it in ♪ 97 00:07:19,564 --> 00:07:22,316 Jared always, like, kinda keeps us on our toes. 98 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,153 Like, usually my feelings are like, "Oh, no. Here it comes." 99 00:07:25,236 --> 00:07:28,030 Like, what's next? But, that's just... 100 00:07:28,114 --> 00:07:30,658 It's always been in him, like, since we started dating. 101 00:07:32,743 --> 00:07:35,705 I grew up with a pretty independent, you know, lifestyle. 102 00:07:35,788 --> 00:07:38,708 If I wanted to get something done, I was gonna do it myself. 103 00:07:39,417 --> 00:07:42,378 It's a big part of, you know, how my life ultimately shaped out. 104 00:07:45,047 --> 00:07:48,926 I grew up in New Jersey, and, uh, I think I was a horrible student, 105 00:07:49,010 --> 00:07:50,803 and I wasn't, like, happy in school, either. 106 00:07:51,345 --> 00:07:53,639 So, I made the decision I wanted to leave school early 107 00:07:53,723 --> 00:07:55,057 uh, when I was 15. 108 00:07:59,729 --> 00:08:02,899 There's a pretty decent age gap between myself and my, uh, 109 00:08:02,982 --> 00:08:05,526 my older siblings. They were out, kind of enjoying their lives 110 00:08:05,610 --> 00:08:09,113 and having responsibility, and, I'm like, I gotta raise my hand 111 00:08:09,197 --> 00:08:11,258 to ask permission to use the restroom in high school. 112 00:08:11,282 --> 00:08:12,533 This doesn't make sense. 113 00:08:12,617 --> 00:08:15,870 So, I left high school, I took my GED. 114 00:08:16,496 --> 00:08:19,582 I started the business of what became Shift4 when I was 16. 115 00:08:19,665 --> 00:08:24,170 It was like a, you know, you wake up, you know, at 7:30, 8:00 a.m., 116 00:08:24,253 --> 00:08:26,933 then you fall asleep on the keyboard at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. 117 00:08:26,964 --> 00:08:29,300 And you just keep doing it over and over again. 118 00:08:30,176 --> 00:08:33,804 After a couple years of doing that, I kinda remember telling my father, 119 00:08:33,888 --> 00:08:37,391 like, I'm getting burned out, like, I gotta have something else 120 00:08:37,475 --> 00:08:39,143 going on in my life right now. 121 00:08:40,228 --> 00:08:43,731 From a pretty young age, I definitely took interest in aviation. 122 00:08:43,814 --> 00:08:45,816 So I went to the local airport, 123 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:47,818 and I went to the flight school there. 124 00:08:48,986 --> 00:08:50,947 We went up in a Cessna 172. 125 00:08:54,867 --> 00:09:00,248 This is 2004 or 2005, flying. There's no Wi-Fi. It's super peaceful. 126 00:09:02,208 --> 00:09:05,836 There's no one around to bug you and it's, I mean, it's very therapeutic. 127 00:09:08,965 --> 00:09:12,843 And when I did, I was like, "Yeah, this is gonna be a thing now." 128 00:09:15,054 --> 00:09:17,974 Once you know how to fly a single-engine propeller plane, 129 00:09:18,057 --> 00:09:20,777 you wanna fly a twin-engine propeller plane, then you wanna fly jets. 130 00:09:21,352 --> 00:09:23,563 Once you started going down that slope, it was like, 131 00:09:23,646 --> 00:09:26,065 well, what comes next? Ex-military aircraft? 132 00:09:26,148 --> 00:09:28,526 Can you fly fighter jets? And it turns out, you can. 133 00:09:31,696 --> 00:09:32,989 And that led to airshow teams. 134 00:09:41,581 --> 00:09:45,876 Jared and I met at an airshow while I was flying with the Thunderbirds. 135 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,505 That's my background, 20 years in the Air Force flying F16s. 136 00:09:50,131 --> 00:09:54,135 And there's a lot of consistencies and comparisons to the space world. 137 00:09:55,011 --> 00:09:57,138 Jared knew he was going to space. 138 00:09:57,221 --> 00:10:00,725 He just didn't know who, what, or where, when, and how. 139 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:03,560 Start. 140 00:10:04,562 --> 00:10:06,606 T minus 15 seconds. 141 00:10:06,689 --> 00:10:10,860 2008, based on my interest in aviation, 142 00:10:10,943 --> 00:10:14,447 I got an invitation to watch the Soyuz go up. 143 00:10:14,530 --> 00:10:19,493 - Five, four, three, two, one. - Prime, and lift-off. 144 00:10:19,577 --> 00:10:22,705 Lift-off of the Soyuz rocket transporting Mike Fincke, 145 00:10:22,788 --> 00:10:26,042 Yury Lonchacov, and Richard Garriott to their home in space. 146 00:10:26,125 --> 00:10:27,209 And it was amazing. 147 00:10:27,793 --> 00:10:30,338 Flight controller standing by for contact and capture 148 00:10:30,421 --> 00:10:31,964 of the International Space Station. 149 00:10:32,048 --> 00:10:34,634 And it actually took a space tourist up, Richard Garriott 150 00:10:34,717 --> 00:10:35,717 was up on that mission. 151 00:10:35,801 --> 00:10:38,721 Richard Garriott launched to the International Space Station 152 00:10:38,804 --> 00:10:41,098 as a self-funded private astronaut. 153 00:10:41,182 --> 00:10:45,102 So that was kind of my first exposure to the idea that maybe 154 00:10:45,186 --> 00:10:48,230 we're progressing towards a world where it won't always 155 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:51,651 just be NASA astronauts and Russian cosmonauts 156 00:10:51,734 --> 00:10:53,152 that are going into space. 157 00:10:53,235 --> 00:10:56,238 Garriott waving goodbye for the final time. 158 00:10:56,322 --> 00:10:59,950 Twelve years later, in 2020, I was on a call, 159 00:11:00,034 --> 00:11:03,996 and I was talking to people from SpaceX, and it was not related 160 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:07,166 to me going to space, or any human being going to space, 161 00:11:07,249 --> 00:11:11,128 it was a very unrelated conversation. I did make a comment that, um, 162 00:11:11,212 --> 00:11:14,048 "Whenever you guys are ready to really open this thing up, 163 00:11:14,131 --> 00:11:15,424 just, like, keep me in mind." 164 00:11:15,508 --> 00:11:18,552 And this was like a closing comment on a phone call. It was like, 165 00:11:18,636 --> 00:11:21,514 "Well, actually we might be a lot more ready than you might think, 166 00:11:21,597 --> 00:11:25,643 and if you want, you have the opportunity to be the first." 167 00:11:25,726 --> 00:11:26,936 And I was just all over it. 168 00:11:31,107 --> 00:11:33,150 Our mission is... 169 00:11:34,735 --> 00:11:37,279 You know when Jared wants to share something. 170 00:11:37,863 --> 00:11:40,703 The way he says something, it's like, "Okay, he has something to share." 171 00:11:41,784 --> 00:11:43,464 We were in New York for business purposes, 172 00:11:43,536 --> 00:11:45,287 and we went for a run around Central Park, 173 00:11:45,371 --> 00:11:49,542 and usually, he's on his earpiece, listening to some business podcast, 174 00:11:50,376 --> 00:11:51,752 um, ignores me. 175 00:11:51,836 --> 00:11:54,547 But this time he was talking. 176 00:11:54,630 --> 00:11:59,176 He started to allude to the space mission, 177 00:11:59,260 --> 00:12:03,597 and I didn't fully grasp what he was talking about. 178 00:12:03,681 --> 00:12:08,185 He starts talking about how he met with SpaceX, 179 00:12:08,811 --> 00:12:11,063 and this opportunity has presented itself, 180 00:12:12,231 --> 00:12:15,484 and I'm like, "Is he really talking about going to space?" 181 00:12:16,193 --> 00:12:19,321 "Like, there's no way." The more and more he explained, 182 00:12:19,405 --> 00:12:24,243 the more details he provided, and I'm like "Dude, are you going to space?" 183 00:12:24,326 --> 00:12:27,371 And he's like, "Yup." 184 00:12:28,038 --> 00:12:32,710 And I'm like... "Holy shit." 185 00:12:37,715 --> 00:12:42,595 In a matter of a couple weeks, we go from Jared telling me 186 00:12:42,678 --> 00:12:47,099 he's gonna do this space thing, to here we are at SpaceX. 187 00:12:49,894 --> 00:12:54,273 It was like, "This is for reals. Dude, you're going to space." 188 00:12:55,357 --> 00:12:56,817 "That's insane." 189 00:12:57,485 --> 00:13:00,279 Um, I thought what we would do is start out here 190 00:13:00,362 --> 00:13:04,533 with this beautiful thing, this beautiful Falcon 9 rocket. 191 00:13:04,617 --> 00:13:07,912 Um, and this rocket is a very special rocket. 192 00:13:07,995 --> 00:13:11,457 Early on, there were talks that, like, one day he'd go to space. 193 00:13:11,540 --> 00:13:14,210 I mean, you don't believe it when, like, somebody's telling you, 194 00:13:14,293 --> 00:13:18,422 but I'm like, "All right, he's got dreams" and you kinda, like, accept them. 195 00:13:20,925 --> 00:13:22,343 He broke the news. 196 00:13:23,344 --> 00:13:26,138 Yeah, I think the tears definitely came down. 197 00:13:28,307 --> 00:13:33,354 All you think is, "My spouse, my husband, father of my children, 198 00:13:33,437 --> 00:13:35,105 is going to space." 199 00:13:37,233 --> 00:13:40,653 We don't know the risk, right? You just automatically think, like, 200 00:13:40,736 --> 00:13:42,488 "Wow, something can happen." 201 00:13:43,572 --> 00:13:48,035 He's always been adventurous, so... this was just on a different level. 202 00:13:48,118 --> 00:13:51,872 Okay, now everybody knows how to launch one, and how to land one. 203 00:13:51,956 --> 00:13:53,374 You've got all the secret sauce. 204 00:13:53,457 --> 00:13:56,168 Don't go make your own rocket company, okay? 205 00:13:58,170 --> 00:14:01,423 If you look at SpaceX, their vision right from the start is, 206 00:14:01,966 --> 00:14:05,010 make humankind a multi-planetary species, because... 207 00:14:05,094 --> 00:14:07,221 we got a lot of eggs in one basket here. 208 00:14:07,304 --> 00:14:09,265 And it didn't go really well for the dinosaurs. 209 00:14:09,348 --> 00:14:14,395 The reason I started SpaceX was to help make life multi-planetary, 210 00:14:14,478 --> 00:14:16,438 to get humanity to Mars. 211 00:14:16,522 --> 00:14:19,525 The future is vastly more exciting and interesting 212 00:14:19,608 --> 00:14:22,319 if we're a space-faring civilization and a multi-planet species 213 00:14:22,403 --> 00:14:23,320 than if we are not. 214 00:14:23,404 --> 00:14:26,323 And I can't think of anything more exciting than going out there 215 00:14:26,407 --> 00:14:29,869 and being among the stars. 216 00:14:31,203 --> 00:14:34,290 It's important for the future of humanity to be a multi-planet species, 217 00:14:34,373 --> 00:14:36,584 so that we better understand the nature of the universe, 218 00:14:36,667 --> 00:14:40,004 and also protects against some calamity on Earth. 219 00:14:43,841 --> 00:14:48,596 The initial model of a rocket was 220 00:14:48,679 --> 00:14:52,349 that it would be a use once, throw-away machine. 221 00:14:52,433 --> 00:14:54,685 Now that's a big machine to throw away. 222 00:14:55,769 --> 00:15:01,191 The Saturn V rocket cost $400 million to build and launch, 223 00:15:01,275 --> 00:15:04,069 and that was in 1960s money. 224 00:15:04,153 --> 00:15:06,739 And it was used a single time. 225 00:15:11,285 --> 00:15:17,082 Elon saw something different. Elon believed we can reuse these rockets. 226 00:15:17,166 --> 00:15:21,670 Five, four, three, two, one. 227 00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:22,880 Liftoff! 228 00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:28,385 SpaceX was the first company to prove out reusability of rockets. 229 00:15:28,469 --> 00:15:29,929 Reusability is the holy grail. 230 00:15:30,012 --> 00:15:32,264 It's a profound breakthrough. 231 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:40,773 Successful separation, we're coming up on... 232 00:15:40,856 --> 00:15:44,151 This was something that was not supposed to be able to be done. 233 00:15:52,660 --> 00:15:55,371 And the Falcons have landed! 234 00:16:02,503 --> 00:16:04,981 His team that he assembled, that believe in his vision, 235 00:16:05,005 --> 00:16:07,675 have done what no one thought was possible. 236 00:16:08,592 --> 00:16:11,071 It's been six years since they first landed a rocket on a ship. 237 00:16:11,095 --> 00:16:12,513 No one else has done it. 238 00:16:18,894 --> 00:16:22,481 SpaceX today is responsible for about two-thirds of... 239 00:16:23,107 --> 00:16:25,651 all of the Earth's payload to orbit last year. 240 00:16:26,151 --> 00:16:28,988 We're the only means by which the United States 241 00:16:29,071 --> 00:16:30,911 is able to get astronauts to the Space Station. 242 00:16:31,490 --> 00:16:35,244 You start flying cargo, and then you're launching people for the first time, 243 00:16:35,327 --> 00:16:38,247 and now we've done three missions with humans on board. 244 00:16:38,330 --> 00:16:41,500 Welcome back to Planet Earth, thanks for flying SpaceX. 245 00:16:42,793 --> 00:16:45,838 The next chapter's definitely to make it more and more accessible 246 00:16:45,921 --> 00:16:47,006 to regular folks. 247 00:16:48,048 --> 00:16:51,301 We're gonna be flying civilians for the first time. 248 00:16:51,385 --> 00:16:52,511 Not in my zone yet. 249 00:16:52,594 --> 00:16:55,222 It's hard, there's rockets being built around me and everything. 250 00:16:55,305 --> 00:16:58,976 Inspiration4 will be another change point 251 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:00,978 in the history of space travel. 252 00:17:01,979 --> 00:17:04,398 We're calling the mission Inspiration4. 253 00:17:04,481 --> 00:17:08,277 We chose this name because the principal mission objective is to inspire. 254 00:17:08,360 --> 00:17:10,946 The number four is symbolic for several reasons. 255 00:17:11,030 --> 00:17:13,073 There will be four crew members on this spacecraft, 256 00:17:13,157 --> 00:17:15,837 and it will also be the fourth manned mission from the United States 257 00:17:15,909 --> 00:17:18,662 since the space shuttle was retired almost a decade ago. 258 00:17:19,913 --> 00:17:23,751 So, guys, from this point on, no photos will be allowed in the facility. 259 00:17:25,794 --> 00:17:27,921 I look at it as an immense challenge. 260 00:17:28,464 --> 00:17:31,300 I'm so excited to get into the books and start getting in the simulator 261 00:17:31,383 --> 00:17:34,762 and playing around with, uh, this great engineering marvel 262 00:17:34,845 --> 00:17:35,971 you guys have created here. 263 00:17:38,807 --> 00:17:42,603 We're trying to make the dream of space accessible to anyone. 264 00:17:42,686 --> 00:17:45,189 This Inspiration4 mission helps bring awareness 265 00:17:45,272 --> 00:17:48,817 of spaceflight to a lot of people, makes it more personal. 266 00:17:50,235 --> 00:17:53,989 Hopefully, as the name suggests, it inspires people about spaceflight. 267 00:17:54,573 --> 00:17:57,618 You need pioneers like Jared in order to have the future mission 268 00:17:58,118 --> 00:18:01,580 and ultimately making science fiction not fiction forever. 269 00:18:06,877 --> 00:18:09,147 - Morning, nice to see you. - Nice to see you. 270 00:18:09,171 --> 00:18:11,090 - Good! I'm Jared. - Sarah. 271 00:18:11,173 --> 00:18:12,400 - Hey, Sarah. - Nice to meet you. 272 00:18:12,424 --> 00:18:13,884 Nice to meet you as well. Cool. 273 00:18:13,967 --> 00:18:17,554 So, we're at a very exciting milestone with you here today, Jared, 274 00:18:17,638 --> 00:18:18,889 with our kickoff. 275 00:18:18,972 --> 00:18:20,599 As you know, I'm your mission manager. 276 00:18:20,682 --> 00:18:24,019 Uh, as I mentioned, we want to talk trajectory. 277 00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:26,355 For this Inspiration4 mission, 278 00:18:26,438 --> 00:18:28,941 the launch will actually happen in three stages. 279 00:18:29,650 --> 00:18:32,069 The Falcon rocket is called the Falcon 9 rocket, 280 00:18:32,152 --> 00:18:35,364 for the simple reason that it has nine powerful engines 281 00:18:35,447 --> 00:18:39,701 that are sufficient to accelerate a spacecraft to orbit. 282 00:18:39,785 --> 00:18:43,789 The Falcon 9 has a first stage, has a second stage, 283 00:18:43,872 --> 00:18:47,835 and stacked on top of that, is the Crew Dragon spacecraft. 284 00:18:47,918 --> 00:18:52,965 It's the place where the astronauts live, it's the piece that will go into orbit. 285 00:18:54,424 --> 00:18:58,220 When the Falcon 9 lifts off, it will get about halfway 286 00:18:58,303 --> 00:19:04,726 to orbital altitude, and the first stage of the rocket will separate and fall away. 287 00:19:06,186 --> 00:19:10,190 The second stage of the rocket will light and accelerate 288 00:19:10,274 --> 00:19:14,111 the Crew Dragon spacecraft up to a continuous speed of about 289 00:19:14,194 --> 00:19:16,905 17,500 miles an hour. 290 00:19:17,739 --> 00:19:19,616 The second stage will fall away, 291 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:23,745 and the Dragon spacecraft will be the only part that goes into orbit. 292 00:19:24,454 --> 00:19:28,542 That will be the home of the crew for the three days they're in orbit. 293 00:19:30,669 --> 00:19:32,588 In order to orbit the Earth, 294 00:19:32,671 --> 00:19:36,175 you have to be going at a continuous speed 295 00:19:36,258 --> 00:19:39,052 of about 17,500 miles an hour. 296 00:19:40,429 --> 00:19:43,891 When it's time to come home, they turn around 297 00:19:43,974 --> 00:19:46,018 and they begin to decelerate. 298 00:19:47,352 --> 00:19:52,065 And it slows them down just a little bit, so the spacecraft will descend 299 00:19:52,149 --> 00:19:53,483 into the atmosphere. 300 00:19:54,902 --> 00:19:57,779 A small parachute will pop out and slow them down, 301 00:19:57,863 --> 00:19:59,531 sort of a braking parachute, 302 00:19:59,615 --> 00:20:01,575 then bigger parachutes will pop out, 303 00:20:01,658 --> 00:20:05,370 and then they will be traveling at just a few miles an hour, 304 00:20:05,454 --> 00:20:08,540 and they will gently splash down in the Atlantic Ocean. 305 00:20:13,795 --> 00:20:17,341 All right. Shall we? Nice touch to it. 306 00:20:17,424 --> 00:20:19,009 Who... Who's that? 307 00:20:19,092 --> 00:20:20,612 Looks like he knows what he's doing. 308 00:20:20,636 --> 00:20:21,887 That guy... 309 00:20:22,930 --> 00:20:27,643 Jared is, um, an awesome person to be a partner 310 00:20:27,726 --> 00:20:29,394 on this first all-civilian flight. 311 00:20:30,771 --> 00:20:33,941 He has a ton of experience in flight as a pilot, 312 00:20:34,024 --> 00:20:36,944 um, and does a lot of wild piloting stuff. 313 00:20:38,570 --> 00:20:41,365 He also just has a great attitude. He's a complete supporter 314 00:20:41,448 --> 00:20:43,742 of our mission at SpaceX to go multi-planetary, 315 00:20:43,825 --> 00:20:46,787 and he's, uh, really a very humble partner, 316 00:20:46,870 --> 00:20:48,390 a very knowledgeable partner, as well. 317 00:20:50,874 --> 00:20:54,461 Jared's not the guy that's just showing up and saying, 318 00:20:54,544 --> 00:20:56,171 "Hey, launch me to space." 319 00:20:56,255 --> 00:21:01,343 He is fully committed and involved, kind of the perfect guy for this. 320 00:21:01,426 --> 00:21:04,346 He's got a ton of flight experience. 321 00:21:04,429 --> 00:21:07,224 He has the technical ability to understand. 322 00:21:07,307 --> 00:21:10,185 I just care that it has that new Dragon smell. 323 00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:12,980 Yeah, it'll be... this is, this is, yeah. 324 00:21:13,063 --> 00:21:14,815 What do they call it? Certified pre-owned. 325 00:21:18,610 --> 00:21:22,197 Jared understands that exploration is all about pushing boundaries. 326 00:21:22,281 --> 00:21:25,284 It's about going where you haven't been before. 327 00:21:27,828 --> 00:21:31,999 So that would be like keeping an altitude roughly below 420 kilometers, 328 00:21:32,082 --> 00:21:37,212 and I don't think there's any particular or any major benefit in going above ISS. 329 00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:38,338 All right, any questions? 330 00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:42,050 I think it would be interesting to maybe further explore 331 00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:43,635 the option above ISS. 332 00:21:43,719 --> 00:21:47,723 I totally agree, and I guess, just curious on Dragon Certification, 333 00:21:47,806 --> 00:21:50,225 since that does go a touch above that. 334 00:21:50,851 --> 00:21:54,980 Intuitively, going slightly above would not present a problem, 335 00:21:55,063 --> 00:21:57,983 but going above will start to stretch our margins. 336 00:21:58,066 --> 00:22:01,069 And there may be other problems that I'm not aware of in other subsystems. 337 00:22:01,153 --> 00:22:04,573 Yeah, it's not one particular thing, it's just opening Pandora's box. 338 00:22:05,073 --> 00:22:07,073 The question really is, "What are you looking for?" 339 00:22:07,576 --> 00:22:09,995 "What's the driver for that higher altitude?" 340 00:22:10,078 --> 00:22:15,000 You know, when people have asked us about just what we're trying to accomplish 341 00:22:15,083 --> 00:22:18,545 with Inspiration4, if there is a Jetsons' world we're all living in 342 00:22:18,628 --> 00:22:21,065 and people are hopping in their spaceship and cruising around, 343 00:22:21,089 --> 00:22:24,301 at some point, it's gonna go a heck of a lot farther than the Space Station. 344 00:22:24,384 --> 00:22:28,388 So, assuming that it could be mitigated, then, I think it is symbolic in that it is 345 00:22:28,472 --> 00:22:30,672 that kind of pushing that one step a little bit forward, 346 00:22:30,724 --> 00:22:32,976 for everything else, you know, to follow. 347 00:22:33,060 --> 00:22:34,186 Yeah. 348 00:22:34,853 --> 00:22:37,606 This is gonna send a statement, this is the first. 349 00:22:37,689 --> 00:22:40,942 And the first comes with a great deal of responsibility, like, 350 00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:42,694 what message do we wanna send with this? 351 00:22:42,778 --> 00:22:46,406 No, and that's a really fair point. And that's part of the point of this mission. 352 00:22:46,490 --> 00:22:47,592 - Yeah, we'll... - Cool. 353 00:22:47,616 --> 00:22:49,993 We'll talk more about this one offline internally. 354 00:22:50,077 --> 00:22:51,512 - Yeah. - We appreciate it... 355 00:22:51,536 --> 00:22:53,536 - For sure. - It's definitely huge. 356 00:22:55,707 --> 00:23:00,128 Typically, a NASA mission inserts into a 200-kilometer orbit, 357 00:23:01,296 --> 00:23:05,217 but now, we're gonna go about 575 kilometers high, 358 00:23:06,718 --> 00:23:09,137 well above the International Space Station. 359 00:23:09,971 --> 00:23:12,432 If we are going to go to Mars, 360 00:23:12,516 --> 00:23:15,018 taking a stride in that direction, 361 00:23:15,102 --> 00:23:18,313 it is vitally important. I think it speaks to, uh, really, 362 00:23:18,397 --> 00:23:23,527 the intent of the mission, which is, hey, to now inspire, you know, 363 00:23:23,610 --> 00:23:26,655 and you inspire by doing things that haven't been done before. 364 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:28,960 - Cool, man. - See you next week. 365 00:23:28,990 --> 00:23:31,410 - Yeah, see you in a week. - All right. See you, brother. 366 00:23:31,952 --> 00:23:34,621 What impressed me about Jared was 367 00:23:34,704 --> 00:23:38,708 that it is a heartfelt passion of his, that he needs to do this right. 368 00:23:38,792 --> 00:23:42,712 That he's setting a precedent for all the missions to come. 369 00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:45,632 There's been a good amount of backlash 370 00:23:45,715 --> 00:23:49,344 - to the so-called billionaires in space. - Sure. 371 00:23:49,428 --> 00:23:53,098 The criticism is we have enough problems on Earth, 372 00:23:53,181 --> 00:23:56,518 why are we spending time, energy, and money getting off of Earth? 373 00:23:56,601 --> 00:23:58,061 What's your response to that? 374 00:23:58,687 --> 00:24:01,106 Yeah, I mean, I don't think we should spend... 375 00:24:01,189 --> 00:24:03,269 I think we should spend the majority of our resources 376 00:24:03,316 --> 00:24:06,862 solving problems on Earth, um, like 99% plus 377 00:24:06,945 --> 00:24:11,158 of our, you know, economy should be dedicated to solving problems on Earth, 378 00:24:11,241 --> 00:24:15,245 but I think, maybe, something like 1% or less than 1%, 379 00:24:15,328 --> 00:24:19,958 could be applied to extending life beyond Earth. 380 00:24:20,041 --> 00:24:23,253 Think about a future where we're a space-faring civilization, 381 00:24:23,336 --> 00:24:28,133 and a multi-planet species, that's an... an exciting, inspiring future. 382 00:24:29,384 --> 00:24:33,722 If life is just about problems, I mean, why... what's the point of living? 383 00:24:33,805 --> 00:24:36,766 Space is not inexpensive, like, we all know that. 384 00:24:36,850 --> 00:24:38,977 What thoughts people can potentially have on it 385 00:24:39,060 --> 00:24:41,563 is, you know, it's a billionaire going on a joyride, 386 00:24:41,646 --> 00:24:44,691 the privileges of wealth, to be able to go and... 387 00:24:44,774 --> 00:24:49,070 disregard all the, you know, uh, that could be done here on Earth. 388 00:24:49,154 --> 00:24:53,200 For me, like, anytime I've undertaken any of these adventures in life, 389 00:24:53,867 --> 00:24:55,952 there has to be some offset. 390 00:24:56,661 --> 00:25:00,499 We're not gonna do this if we can't make a huge difference 391 00:25:00,582 --> 00:25:02,751 for the problems the world's faced with today, 392 00:25:02,834 --> 00:25:05,086 or we don't earn the right to go up into space. 393 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:08,507 We gravitated right to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. 394 00:25:08,590 --> 00:25:11,134 Isaacman says this mission is much more 395 00:25:11,218 --> 00:25:13,178 than fulfilling a childhood dream. 396 00:25:13,261 --> 00:25:15,555 It's also a massive fundraising effort 397 00:25:15,639 --> 00:25:18,683 to raise an astonishing $200 million 398 00:25:18,767 --> 00:25:21,853 for cancer research at St. Jude Children's Hospital. 399 00:25:21,937 --> 00:25:25,774 And he's writing the first personal check for $100 million. 400 00:25:25,857 --> 00:25:28,235 You definitely don't get into my position in life 401 00:25:28,318 --> 00:25:31,238 unless a couple of things went your way at the right time. 402 00:25:31,321 --> 00:25:34,115 And then you think about, well, the extreme other end of the spectrum 403 00:25:34,199 --> 00:25:36,576 is the families where nothing went right, 404 00:25:36,660 --> 00:25:39,204 they got dealt a horrible hand in life, 405 00:25:39,287 --> 00:25:44,167 um, and... a lot of these kids in, you know, don't even grow up 406 00:25:44,251 --> 00:25:48,255 and have a chance to experience even 1/100th, uh... 407 00:25:48,338 --> 00:25:50,858 of what I've had the opportunity to experience, and it's just... 408 00:25:50,882 --> 00:25:52,676 it's an imbalance that's... that sucks. 409 00:25:52,759 --> 00:25:54,599 It's terrible. We should do something about it. 410 00:25:58,848 --> 00:26:00,600 We live? Everyone can hear us? 411 00:26:00,684 --> 00:26:02,143 Good, thumbs up? All right. 412 00:26:02,727 --> 00:26:05,605 I wanna welcome the two most significant organizations 413 00:26:05,689 --> 00:26:08,483 to this mission coming together for the first time: 414 00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:11,570 SpaceX, obviously, you have no means to get to outer space 415 00:26:11,653 --> 00:26:14,531 without all the great innovations and capabilities you brought together, 416 00:26:14,614 --> 00:26:17,200 and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. 417 00:26:17,284 --> 00:26:19,160 And why are we doing this? 418 00:26:19,244 --> 00:26:23,623 To kick off what hopefully is the most successful fundraising 419 00:26:23,707 --> 00:26:25,542 and awareness campaign in history. 420 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,588 If we are going to eventually live in a world 421 00:26:29,671 --> 00:26:33,466 where everybody is capable of going out and journeying amongst the stars, 422 00:26:33,550 --> 00:26:36,428 then we'd better fight childhood cancer along the way. 423 00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:39,556 The other thing is, like, the rest of the crew members 424 00:26:39,639 --> 00:26:42,684 have to represent the good we're trying to do with the mission. 425 00:26:42,767 --> 00:26:46,104 We're not gonna go up with a bunch of fishing buddies. 426 00:26:46,187 --> 00:26:47,522 It's not gonna work that way. 427 00:26:47,606 --> 00:26:50,483 Like, every person who's gonna join this mission 428 00:26:50,567 --> 00:26:53,862 has to be able to deliver a very powerful and inspiring story 429 00:26:53,945 --> 00:26:55,071 in their own right. 430 00:26:55,155 --> 00:26:57,490 And that's where we came up with our mission pillars. 431 00:26:57,574 --> 00:26:59,659 Yeah, it might make sense just to explain, like, 432 00:26:59,743 --> 00:27:02,037 that seat selection process and everything, you know? 433 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:04,497 We wanted a crew member to represent hope, 434 00:27:04,581 --> 00:27:06,541 a crew member to represent generosity, 435 00:27:06,625 --> 00:27:08,752 and a crew member to represent prosperity. 436 00:27:09,294 --> 00:27:11,588 And there's my seat to represent leadership. 437 00:27:12,881 --> 00:27:16,676 We are going out and identifying people to occupy those seats 438 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:18,887 that really represent the best of humanity. 439 00:27:19,638 --> 00:27:21,723 So, for our crew member that represented hope, 440 00:27:21,806 --> 00:27:24,646 we're teamed up so heavily with St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, 441 00:27:24,726 --> 00:27:28,188 I can't think of anyone better to represent the mission's spirit of hope 442 00:27:28,271 --> 00:27:31,316 than a former cancer survivor who grew up 443 00:27:31,399 --> 00:27:33,485 to become a healthcare professional. 444 00:27:33,568 --> 00:27:36,279 And we went to St. Jude and said, "You know, surely you might know 445 00:27:36,363 --> 00:27:38,365 somebody who, you know, who fits this profile." 446 00:27:38,448 --> 00:27:43,244 We've already selected one person, uh, who's a great humanitarian, 447 00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:47,082 a first responder, you know, a childhood cancer survivor, 448 00:27:47,165 --> 00:27:51,044 treated at St. Jude, grew up to become a healthcare professional, 449 00:27:51,127 --> 00:27:54,506 and now is still in the fight at St. Jude again helping other kids beat it. 450 00:28:03,139 --> 00:28:07,143 My name is Hayley Arceneaux, I'm 29 years old, and I'm from Louisiana, 451 00:28:07,227 --> 00:28:08,227 but I live in Memphis. 452 00:28:08,687 --> 00:28:12,190 - Thank you. - All right, have a great one. 453 00:28:12,273 --> 00:28:13,274 Thank you. 454 00:28:24,577 --> 00:28:28,123 I grew up in a really sweet, small town called St. Francisville 455 00:28:28,206 --> 00:28:29,206 in Louisiana. 456 00:28:30,208 --> 00:28:34,337 She was very friendly, and she loved meeting new people. 457 00:28:34,421 --> 00:28:36,798 I'd always be like, "Don't talk to strangers, 458 00:28:36,881 --> 00:28:39,175 don't go home with strangers," I thought she would think, 459 00:28:39,259 --> 00:28:42,887 "That might be a nice adventure to go on..." and I was afraid of that. 460 00:28:42,971 --> 00:28:44,556 That's how friendly she was. 461 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:49,728 And I just had this really happy childhood. 462 00:28:50,311 --> 00:28:53,231 I was in dance, gymnastics, and tae kwon do. 463 00:28:53,314 --> 00:28:55,984 I was in tae kwon do alongside my dad. 464 00:28:56,067 --> 00:28:58,361 We would go to practice twice a week together. 465 00:28:59,696 --> 00:29:02,949 And at age ten, I'd just gotten my black belt, 466 00:29:03,032 --> 00:29:05,577 and then, I was having pain in my knee, 467 00:29:05,660 --> 00:29:09,581 and the doctor said, you know, probably an overuse injury 468 00:29:09,664 --> 00:29:12,459 from tae kwon do. I took some over-the-counter meds, 469 00:29:12,542 --> 00:29:15,211 stayed out of tae kwon do for a week, felt better, um, 470 00:29:15,295 --> 00:29:17,046 but then the pain started getting worse. 471 00:29:19,048 --> 00:29:24,846 Well, I vividly remember the day that I found the lump. 472 00:29:26,306 --> 00:29:30,560 We were walking to the car from school, and she was kind 473 00:29:30,643 --> 00:29:33,646 of limping in the parking lot, and I was like, "What's the matter?" 474 00:29:33,730 --> 00:29:35,523 And she said, "My knee hurts, my knee hurts." 475 00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:37,442 So I said, "I'll look at it when we get home." 476 00:29:37,942 --> 00:29:42,197 She was making pancakes. She said, "Let me look at your knee you were mentioning." 477 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:46,159 She looked at it and then she gasped. And I remember she went over 478 00:29:46,242 --> 00:29:48,495 to the fire where the pancakes were and turned it off. 479 00:29:48,578 --> 00:29:50,455 She kept saying, "How long have you had that?" 480 00:29:50,538 --> 00:29:53,166 And she pointed to this knot on my knee, like right above my knee. 481 00:29:55,001 --> 00:29:57,504 We went to the doctor the next morning. 482 00:29:57,587 --> 00:30:01,633 I snuck out in the hall with the doctor, and I said, 483 00:30:01,716 --> 00:30:03,635 "Could this be something serious?" 484 00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:09,641 And the doctor just hugged me. She gave me this big bear hug, 485 00:30:10,183 --> 00:30:13,186 and, at that point, I just knew. 486 00:30:15,939 --> 00:30:19,651 She ended up being diagnosed with osteosarcoma, 487 00:30:19,734 --> 00:30:21,152 which is bone cancer. 488 00:30:21,945 --> 00:30:25,073 We returned home, and my dad immediately looked up 489 00:30:25,156 --> 00:30:28,660 osteosarcoma online and found the St. Jude website. 490 00:30:29,619 --> 00:30:32,747 In order to go to St. Jude, they have to have a protocol 491 00:30:32,831 --> 00:30:36,709 that they're studying that type of cancer, which they were. 492 00:30:37,377 --> 00:30:39,504 Hayley and I flew to Memphis. 493 00:30:39,587 --> 00:30:42,757 I walked in and they had the reception desk. 494 00:30:45,218 --> 00:30:48,721 And I said, "I'm here. My daughter is Hayl..." 495 00:30:48,805 --> 00:30:50,765 and I just burst into tears. 496 00:30:50,849 --> 00:30:53,434 I couldn't even finish saying her name. 497 00:30:53,518 --> 00:30:55,603 And I remember, I just kind of stepped back, 498 00:30:55,687 --> 00:31:00,483 and trying to compose myself, and I feel these arms around me. 499 00:31:00,567 --> 00:31:04,487 And it was the receptionist, Miss Penny, and she whispered in my ear, 500 00:31:04,571 --> 00:31:07,574 she said, "It's gonna be okay, it's gonna be okay." 501 00:31:07,657 --> 00:31:13,121 "You're part of the St. Jude family now. We're going to take care of her, 502 00:31:13,204 --> 00:31:15,373 and we're gonna take care of you too." 503 00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:21,254 I underwent intensive chemotherapy for almost a year, 504 00:31:21,337 --> 00:31:25,216 and, I remember I asked a lot of questions about losing my hair. 505 00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:27,135 I was so worried about that. 506 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:31,514 And I remember being so worried that my dog wouldn't recognize me. 507 00:31:32,307 --> 00:31:35,518 It all started with losing little pieces on my pillowcase. 508 00:31:36,185 --> 00:31:37,665 Then it started coming out in chunks. 509 00:31:37,729 --> 00:31:41,524 - I think we've been in this room before. - We've been in all the rooms. 510 00:31:41,608 --> 00:31:42,901 Yes, we've been in every room. 511 00:31:43,693 --> 00:31:47,405 She had 12 rounds of very intensive chemotherapy. 512 00:31:48,990 --> 00:31:53,119 Her counts would drop, she wouldn't have any immunity, and, of course, 513 00:31:53,202 --> 00:31:54,787 everything made her sick. 514 00:31:56,581 --> 00:32:00,710 I had several infections, I needed numerous transfusions. 515 00:32:03,004 --> 00:32:06,090 Midway through, I had surgery to remove the part of my bone 516 00:32:06,174 --> 00:32:07,842 that had the tumor on it. 517 00:32:07,926 --> 00:32:13,514 - Come in. - Hello! Hi, Hayley, how are you? 518 00:32:13,598 --> 00:32:17,977 - Good. Here. It's numb. - It starts to... right here is numb... 519 00:32:18,061 --> 00:32:20,355 - But I can feel all of my foot. - Okay. 520 00:32:21,022 --> 00:32:24,067 When they removed the part of my bone that was affected by the tumor, 521 00:32:24,150 --> 00:32:26,277 they removed the growth plate. 522 00:32:26,361 --> 00:32:29,197 And St. Jude had this cutting-edge technology where they were able 523 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:32,033 to put in a prosthetic that could be expanded 524 00:32:32,116 --> 00:32:34,118 without the need for additional surgery. 525 00:32:34,994 --> 00:32:37,705 And, they did that. They expanded it five times. 526 00:32:39,165 --> 00:32:43,795 Mom, I think I'm always gonna be a centimeter longer in this leg. 527 00:32:43,878 --> 00:32:47,006 Well, you're only three-fourths of a centimeter longer right now. 528 00:32:48,174 --> 00:32:49,759 - Oh! - Yeah. 529 00:32:49,842 --> 00:32:52,929 I was a tough kid. I didn't cry much. 530 00:32:53,012 --> 00:32:55,473 I tried to keep a really good attitude. 531 00:32:59,477 --> 00:33:03,481 Hayley made an unbearable situation bearable. 532 00:33:04,065 --> 00:33:10,238 I'm trying to lift my leg like my right leg, but, it's... 533 00:33:10,321 --> 00:33:11,781 I can't do that yet. 534 00:33:12,657 --> 00:33:15,284 I had to give her a shot every night, 535 00:33:15,368 --> 00:33:17,078 and, I'd be like, "I'm sorry," 536 00:33:17,161 --> 00:33:20,289 and she'd be like, "That's okay," like, "Don't worry about it, it's okay." 537 00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:25,044 And I always wanted to be very strong 538 00:33:25,128 --> 00:33:31,217 for her to not have to do that... for her not to have to carry me along. 539 00:33:34,387 --> 00:33:36,681 You're almost ready to run a race. 540 00:33:36,764 --> 00:33:38,766 Hayley, from day one, 541 00:33:38,850 --> 00:33:44,439 wanted to make every day better for everybody. 542 00:33:45,940 --> 00:33:49,402 I would go up to all the donors who were giving blood, and I would say, 543 00:33:49,485 --> 00:33:52,155 "Thank you for donating. If I didn't get blood and platelets, 544 00:33:52,238 --> 00:33:53,364 I would shrivel up." 545 00:33:53,448 --> 00:33:55,950 They even made me a little St. Jude name badge that said 546 00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:57,074 "Gratitude Administrator." 547 00:33:57,994 --> 00:34:00,830 And I took my role really seriously, like, I would tell people, 548 00:34:00,913 --> 00:34:02,665 "I am a St. Jude employee." 549 00:34:03,332 --> 00:34:06,711 She would say time and time again, "I cannot wait to come back here 550 00:34:06,794 --> 00:34:07,794 and help." 551 00:34:10,089 --> 00:34:14,177 I remember thinking, "She'll do it, if she survives this, she'll do it." 552 00:34:14,260 --> 00:34:16,554 - My scans are clean? - Yes. 553 00:34:16,637 --> 00:34:18,848 - Yay! - Woohoo! 554 00:34:21,768 --> 00:34:24,604 ♪ Come on, yeah ♪ 555 00:34:24,687 --> 00:34:28,191 ♪ Oh, oh, yeah ♪ 556 00:34:28,274 --> 00:34:31,986 ♪ Come on, yeah ♪ 557 00:34:32,653 --> 00:34:35,198 ♪ Everything's not lost... ♪ 558 00:34:36,240 --> 00:34:40,203 My first reaction to when I had cancer was I'm going to die. 559 00:34:40,286 --> 00:34:41,913 And I haven't died. 560 00:34:41,996 --> 00:34:44,082 And I'm not going to die. 561 00:34:45,666 --> 00:34:47,001 Spaghetti! 562 00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:51,881 I come back every two months now for a check-up because I'm in remission. 563 00:34:51,964 --> 00:34:53,758 That means the cancer is gone. 564 00:34:55,384 --> 00:34:57,095 Your hair looks a little different. 565 00:34:57,178 --> 00:34:58,888 I just love St. Jude. 566 00:34:58,971 --> 00:35:01,349 My dream is to be a nurse there. 567 00:35:01,432 --> 00:35:04,143 ♪ Everything's not lost ♪ 568 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:09,649 I applied for a job in 2019 with in-patient leukemia at St. Jude. 569 00:35:09,732 --> 00:35:12,151 I just knew that this was my team, these were my people. 570 00:35:12,235 --> 00:35:14,779 - Hi, Hayley, how you doing? - I'm good, how are you? 571 00:35:14,862 --> 00:35:19,033 When I got that email that I got the job, I could not stop crying. 572 00:35:19,117 --> 00:35:23,121 I called my mom, and I was just bawling crying, and she was like, 573 00:35:23,204 --> 00:35:25,540 "Hayley, stop crying. I don't know what you're saying." 574 00:35:25,623 --> 00:35:27,834 And I was like, "I got a job!" 575 00:35:27,917 --> 00:35:29,836 That was the happiest moment of my life. 576 00:35:29,919 --> 00:35:32,421 I'm Hayley. It's nice to meet you. 577 00:35:32,505 --> 00:35:34,799 I heard a lot of really cool things about you. 578 00:35:35,842 --> 00:35:40,429 Getting to interact with these kids and getting to show them 579 00:35:40,513 --> 00:35:42,598 what their life can look like after cancer, 580 00:35:42,682 --> 00:35:44,475 it's introduced me to the best people. 581 00:35:44,559 --> 00:35:47,520 You know, whenever I was younger, I was a patient here. 582 00:35:47,603 --> 00:35:49,147 I was treated for bone cancer. 583 00:35:50,148 --> 00:35:51,816 Having cancer made me who I am. 584 00:35:53,985 --> 00:35:56,821 And you can totally do this. If I can do it, you can definitely do it. 585 00:35:56,904 --> 00:35:58,614 Thank you for telling me. 586 00:35:58,698 --> 00:36:02,285 Aw. It was so good to meet you. You're awesome. 587 00:36:02,368 --> 00:36:04,996 It definitely changed my life for the better. 588 00:36:07,582 --> 00:36:11,961 And then, in early January, St. Jude sent me an email 589 00:36:12,044 --> 00:36:14,964 saying they wanted to talk to me about a unique opportunity. 590 00:36:17,008 --> 00:36:19,844 And so I went into this phone call, almost a little nervous. 591 00:36:19,927 --> 00:36:22,013 I was just thinking, "What are they gonna ask?" 592 00:36:23,139 --> 00:36:25,516 There's two people on the call, and one says to the other, 593 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,269 "All right, do you wanna explain it? Blast off?" 594 00:36:28,352 --> 00:36:30,062 And I remember going, "Blast off?" 595 00:36:31,314 --> 00:36:33,858 And then, they start telling me about Jared 596 00:36:33,941 --> 00:36:39,530 and this all-civilian mission to space. And they absolutely shocked me 597 00:36:39,614 --> 00:36:41,157 when they asked if I wanted to go. 598 00:36:41,240 --> 00:36:44,035 And I looked down, my hands were shaking, I just couldn't believe it. 599 00:36:44,118 --> 00:36:46,704 And then I thought, you know, "Let me check with my mom." 600 00:36:46,787 --> 00:36:49,749 Hayley called me, she said, "Mom, you're never gonna believe that, 601 00:36:49,832 --> 00:36:52,376 but it's true." She said, "They want me to go to space." 602 00:36:52,877 --> 00:36:56,172 I said, "What?" And then I did ask her, like, 603 00:36:56,255 --> 00:36:59,050 "Oh, well... how many astronauts are going?" 604 00:36:59,675 --> 00:37:01,844 And that's when she said, "None." 605 00:37:04,013 --> 00:37:06,974 And I said, "Why don't you call Hayden?" 606 00:37:07,058 --> 00:37:08,978 Her brother, who's the airspace engineer. I said, 607 00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:10,603 "Let's see what Hayden says." 608 00:37:10,686 --> 00:37:14,565 And Hayden has always been the space boy. 609 00:37:15,149 --> 00:37:17,401 We went to NASA several times over the years, 610 00:37:17,485 --> 00:37:19,487 mostly because of his love for space. 611 00:37:20,988 --> 00:37:25,243 He was at work that day, and I called him and I was like, 612 00:37:25,326 --> 00:37:27,453 "You've gotta go outside, this is an emergency." 613 00:37:27,536 --> 00:37:29,664 I go out and sit in this little, like, uh, 614 00:37:29,747 --> 00:37:31,624 area that's separated from everyone and call, 615 00:37:31,707 --> 00:37:35,211 I Facetime her, have my Airpods in so no one can hear, luckily. 616 00:37:35,294 --> 00:37:37,134 She's like, "I don't know how to tell you this, 617 00:37:37,171 --> 00:37:39,548 but I'm going to space." And I was like, "Space?" 618 00:37:39,632 --> 00:37:43,052 "Wait, wait, you're going to space? Aren't you a PA? What? What's going on?" 619 00:37:43,135 --> 00:37:44,971 I was... I was shocked. 620 00:37:45,054 --> 00:37:47,574 I never thought in a million years she would get the opportunity 621 00:37:47,598 --> 00:37:48,933 to go to space, right? 622 00:37:49,016 --> 00:37:53,187 And I said, "I wanna do it," and he said, "You should do it." 623 00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:58,150 And, I emailed St. Jude and I said, "I accept." 624 00:37:58,234 --> 00:38:02,280 And I said, "I do have a couple questions. Are we going to the moon?" 625 00:38:02,363 --> 00:38:03,763 I was like, "Did you ask questions, 626 00:38:03,823 --> 00:38:06,575 like, how high are you going up, like, what's the plan?" 627 00:38:06,659 --> 00:38:10,204 And she was like, "Yeah, I emailed them, asked them, are we going to the moon?" 628 00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:13,791 And I was like, "Hayley, I guarantee you're not going to the moon." 629 00:38:13,874 --> 00:38:16,502 And I was dying to tell people. 630 00:38:17,795 --> 00:38:20,840 - How are you? - Good, how are you? 631 00:38:20,923 --> 00:38:24,260 I'm good! I have some really big news, but it's a secret. 632 00:38:24,343 --> 00:38:28,472 - Yeah? You're freaking me out. - It's good news! 633 00:38:28,556 --> 00:38:32,226 - Do y'all have any guesses? - Okay, did you get promoted at work? 634 00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:34,437 It's a lot bigger than that! 635 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,105 - Um... - What is it? 636 00:38:36,188 --> 00:38:39,275 Okay. Winning a trip to outer space. 637 00:38:40,401 --> 00:38:43,070 - Are you going? - I'm going to outer space. 638 00:38:43,154 --> 00:38:44,530 No, you're not. 639 00:38:47,616 --> 00:38:53,539 - What? Hayley! - I'm gonna be an astronaut. 640 00:38:53,622 --> 00:38:56,792 I'm gonna know a freaking astronaut. Dude, we're gonna know 641 00:38:56,876 --> 00:38:59,462 - a freaking astronaut! - And, of course, I want y'all to... 642 00:38:59,545 --> 00:39:01,422 - That is so cool! - I want y'all to be there 643 00:39:01,505 --> 00:39:03,716 - at the launch. - Yes! I wanna be there 644 00:39:03,799 --> 00:39:04,799 at the freaking launch! 645 00:39:06,677 --> 00:39:09,221 Y'all, can y'all believe I'm going to f... outer space? 646 00:39:09,305 --> 00:39:13,851 No, like, our best friend is going to space. What? 647 00:39:16,729 --> 00:39:20,274 And then a few days later, I got to Zoom with Jared for the first time. 648 00:39:20,358 --> 00:39:24,862 He went through Inspiration4, and, um, gave me all the information, 649 00:39:24,945 --> 00:39:27,585 - answered all my questions. - Showed you where the moon was. 650 00:39:27,656 --> 00:39:30,242 He said we were not going to the moon. 651 00:39:31,369 --> 00:39:33,289 Apparently, people haven't gone there in decades. 652 00:39:33,329 --> 00:39:34,580 - No... - I learned that. 653 00:39:34,663 --> 00:39:36,290 Yeah, so we had a great call, 654 00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:38,334 I was feeling so good about it. And the next week, 655 00:39:38,417 --> 00:39:40,086 we were on our way to SpaceX. 656 00:39:48,302 --> 00:39:53,224 ♪ What a difference a day made ♪ 657 00:39:56,560 --> 00:40:00,064 ♪ Twenty-four little hours ♪ 658 00:40:00,147 --> 00:40:03,275 Hayley obviously represents our mission pillar of hope. 659 00:40:03,359 --> 00:40:05,820 I told them, I said, "I'm dying to tell my patients." 660 00:40:05,903 --> 00:40:08,664 Her official role in the mission is she's our medical officer, 661 00:40:08,739 --> 00:40:11,992 and who could be better qualified than that? She's a physician assistant. 662 00:40:12,076 --> 00:40:14,161 But she does bring a lot more than that too. 663 00:40:14,662 --> 00:40:15,955 She's got toughness. 664 00:40:16,038 --> 00:40:19,250 She faced a circumstance that could have ended very poorly, 665 00:40:19,333 --> 00:40:22,211 like none of us have experienced, you know, at ten years old. 666 00:40:22,294 --> 00:40:23,504 She overcame that. 667 00:40:24,338 --> 00:40:27,383 Mila, Liv, do you guys know that Hayley is gonna be an astronaut? 668 00:40:27,466 --> 00:40:29,468 - Yes. - We're gonna go to space together. 669 00:40:29,552 --> 00:40:31,512 - Isn't that cool? - Yeah. 670 00:40:31,595 --> 00:40:36,642 I do think that in life, you should say yes to opportunities that scare you. 671 00:40:36,725 --> 00:40:38,686 Welcome to the production floor! 672 00:40:38,769 --> 00:40:40,271 This thing above me is... 673 00:40:40,354 --> 00:40:44,316 the old version of the Dragon Capsule, but this is not the version 674 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,403 you're gonna fly in. You're getting a Ferrari. Yeah. 675 00:40:51,532 --> 00:40:55,161 At the bottom, are there engines that are propelling us at...? 676 00:40:55,244 --> 00:40:56,412 What is the speed? 677 00:40:56,495 --> 00:41:01,876 Roughly 25 times the speed of sound, or 17,500 miles an hour. 678 00:41:02,668 --> 00:41:06,088 - Oh, wow. - Yeah. It's, uh, kinda crazy. 679 00:41:06,172 --> 00:41:08,924 I think such a beautiful part of life is you don't know 680 00:41:09,008 --> 00:41:11,302 what's around the corner. That's why you hold on to hope 681 00:41:11,385 --> 00:41:12,745 that there's gonna be better days. 682 00:41:13,804 --> 00:41:16,524 This is where we're gonna... we're gonna live for three days. 683 00:41:16,599 --> 00:41:18,309 Home sweet home! 684 00:41:20,060 --> 00:41:21,645 ♪ And the difference... ♪ 685 00:41:21,729 --> 00:41:22,813 You know, this is awesome. 686 00:41:22,897 --> 00:41:29,862 ♪ ...is you ♪ 687 00:41:34,366 --> 00:41:36,327 We will head up to the training center, 688 00:41:36,410 --> 00:41:38,245 where you'll get your suit measurements taken. 689 00:41:38,329 --> 00:41:40,929 They'll be the most in-depth set of measurements you'll ever have. 690 00:41:45,836 --> 00:41:48,422 - 5.6. - 5.6. 691 00:41:50,382 --> 00:41:53,177 - 5.2. - 5.2. 692 00:41:53,260 --> 00:41:56,222 Until this mission, these NASA astronauts, 693 00:41:56,305 --> 00:41:59,725 they've been perfect, god-like specimens. 694 00:42:00,726 --> 00:42:06,315 Physically perfect, brilliant, strong... 695 00:42:08,484 --> 00:42:09,484 And knee depth. 696 00:42:12,238 --> 00:42:13,998 This'll probably be the larger knee. 697 00:42:14,073 --> 00:42:19,495 ♪ And admit that the waters Around you have grown ♪ 698 00:42:19,578 --> 00:42:24,166 I'm going to space not physically perfect. With this rod in my leg, 699 00:42:24,250 --> 00:42:26,585 I would have immediately been disqualified. 700 00:42:27,294 --> 00:42:30,047 I'll be the first person with a prosthetic body part 701 00:42:30,130 --> 00:42:31,130 to go to space. 702 00:42:31,549 --> 00:42:34,510 They don't know exactly how it's gonna go. 703 00:42:35,928 --> 00:42:37,012 Now we're gonna find out. 704 00:42:37,096 --> 00:42:43,394 ♪ Then you better start swimmin' Or you'll sink like a stone ♪ 705 00:42:45,646 --> 00:42:51,443 ♪ For the times they are a-changin' ♪ 706 00:42:57,366 --> 00:43:00,869 The presumption for space travel has always been, 707 00:43:00,953 --> 00:43:03,998 "No, you are not qualified." 708 00:43:05,791 --> 00:43:09,503 "It is up to you to prove to me that you are qualified to go." 709 00:43:10,838 --> 00:43:12,006 John Glenn... 710 00:43:13,007 --> 00:43:14,592 Jim Lovell... 711 00:43:15,175 --> 00:43:16,635 Neil Armstrong... 712 00:43:17,261 --> 00:43:18,470 Sally Ride... 713 00:43:19,346 --> 00:43:20,848 Mae Jemison... 714 00:43:21,599 --> 00:43:23,684 They were different from you and me. 715 00:43:25,811 --> 00:43:29,064 But these folks, the Inspiration4 crew... 716 00:43:30,441 --> 00:43:32,443 these people are you and me. 717 00:43:32,526 --> 00:43:34,612 I can't wait to meet numbers three and four. 718 00:43:34,695 --> 00:43:38,532 If you think about it, there are two random people going about their lives 719 00:43:38,616 --> 00:43:42,411 and 30 days from now, they're gonna get fitted for a spacesuit. 720 00:43:53,422 --> 00:43:59,094 This mission will open a different dimension in who gets to fly. 721 00:44:04,475 --> 00:44:09,063 And in that sense, this is one of the most important missions ever flown. 722 00:44:19,031 --> 00:44:24,912 ♪ For the times they are a-changin' ♪