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SpaceX announces first space flight manned solely by civilians

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SpaceX announces first space flight manned solely by civilians

That’s one small step for man and one giant leap for civilian-kind.

SpaceX announced plans for its first fully civilian-manned space flight in a statement released on Monday. Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of the payment processing startup Shift4Shop, said three seats will be auctioned off to the highest bidders in an effort to open up space travel to non-astronauts.

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