chris was inspired by the fictional role that bill shatner portrayed when chris was going up. chris was colorblind, so didn t have a chance to qualify for the old standards. he worked for nasa and recognized there was tremendous business potential with the drop of cost, access to space and he helped formed the company planet that has hundreds and hundreds of little cameras that allow us to see and learn about the world every single day for what the north koreans are up to and how we re changing the planet i itself. he turned the aspiration into a personal inspiration into one of the that s the motivation that an event like today can bring. i think the variety of the crew that you see, it s each one of
planet labs and glen de vries. astroph astrophysicists know each other. tell us why you know the other members of the crew? the great thing about the space community these days is that people do know each other. there s a whole generation that grew up with chris and audrey who networked early in their careers and were inspired by the earlier generations of astronauts like chris and bernard, and so they had this vision of really transforming space travel, making this new era where satellites are cheaper, launches are cheaper and ordinary people might be able to go to space. so i think that everyone is feels part of a family in that respect. so they ve been raring to go all their lives. now they re managing to do this,
none of us know, maybe the typical tourist we ll see going to space in the longer term, the person with a lot of money who is just a fan. there has been such a focus on that aspect of it, but i do think it s important to point out, as you were going through their resumes there, the real involvement that both audrey powers and chris boshuizen. his handle is apparently crispy. he goes by crispy in his musical career. we were listening in as we were doing the communications check. the clock now t minus 16 minutes. as we are told, they are just closing the hatch right now. you can see the picture there, up high in the sky after they climb those stairs, a little dark in that shot, but the hatch being closed as they prepare. commander chris hod hatfield, walk us through.
they make their way out there. a hug there, audrey powers. i can only imagine what s going their their minds as they take their final steps. when you look at this and where this is taking us and the variety of the people on this flight, what is the importance, would you say, of these different passengers. we have audrey powers, extensive history at blue origins. you have william shatner. chris boss house. when you have that crew, what does it say about space travel.
ever feel again. and capsule touchdown. welcome back, the newest astronauts, audrey powers, william shatner, our customers glen devries and chris boshiuzen. i can t wait to talk to them, what a clean and beautiful flight from the rocket for our astronauts. what an absolutely stunning flight. i loved hearing that audio of them on their way back about how the experience was for them. i can t wait to hear their stories. you heard william shatner say this is like nothing i ve ever experienced before.