{"id":95481,"date":"2026-05-26T04:33:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T04:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=95481"},"modified":"2026-05-26T04:33:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T04:33:04","slug":"crypto-founder-takes-seat-on-spacex-journey-to-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=95481","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Founder Takes Seat On SpaceX Journey To Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wang Chun has a specific worry about Mars. Not whether humans can survive the journey, but whether anyone will bother to try. The founder<\/a> of crypto mining pool F2Pool put his money behind that worry this week by purchasing a seat on SpaceX\u2019s first crewed mission to the red planet.<\/p>\n

A Man On A Mission To Keep Mars Alive<\/h2>\n

SpaceX announced<\/a> the two-year mission on Thursday. It will fly past the Moon, continue to Mars, and return to Earth. Wang also secured a seat on a separate weeklong lunar flight set to launch before the interplanetary mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no confidence that Mars will still happen within our lifetime,\u201d Wang wrote<\/a> on X. \u201cAnd I think I should do something about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

His argument is straightforward. Governments, he believes, will eventually return humans to the Moon because competition between the US and China makes it almost inevitable.<\/p>\n

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Now that Starship V3 has made its debut, we are one step closer to making life multiplanetary.<\/p>\n

During Fram2 training, apart from the usual Dragon-related topics, I remember that what we talked about most in the training room was how to reliably tether down on Phobos.<\/p>\n

Three\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/7nukQWUwDd<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Chun (@satofishi) May 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mars is a different story. Without private money keeping it on the table, he fears the goal could slip out of reach entirely.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that by purchasing a flyby mission to Mars, SpaceX will have another reason not to forget about Mars,\u201d Wang said.<\/p>\n

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From Bitcoin Mining Pools To Outer Space<\/h2>\n

Wang is not new to funding space travel<\/a>. Last April, he bankrolled and commanded Fram2, a SpaceX mission that orbited over Earth\u2019s poles.<\/p>\n

The crew of four conducted experiments during the flight, including taking an X-ray in space and growing mushrooms. The Mars mission would take that ambition considerably further.<\/p>\n

He founded F2Pool<\/a> in 2013, one of the first Bitcoin<\/a> mining pools to emerge from China. According to mempool.space data, it currently holds an 11.85% share of the global mining market, making it the third largest pool in operation.<\/p>\n

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SpaceX: A City On Mars, One Ticket At A Time<\/p>\n

SpaceX\u2019s broader vision for Mars goes well beyond a single flyby. Reports indicate the company aims to eventually build a self-sustaining city on the planet, a goal it estimates will require more than 1 million people and millions of tons of cargo. Cargo flights for research and exploratory purposes are not expected before 2028.<\/p>\n

Wang says the mission carries a message beyond the technical. \u201cI hope this mission can show the public that Mars is not just a point of light in a telescope,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is a real place, and humans can fly there and come back alive and come back healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Chinese-born citizen of Malta joins a growing group of tech entrepreneurs who have moved from funding space ventures to riding on them, including Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Jared Isaacman.<\/p>\n

Featured image from SpaceX, chart from TradingView<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wang Chun has a specific worry about Mars. Not whether humans can survive the journey, but whether anyone will bother to try. The founder of crypto mining pool F2Pool put his money behind that worry this week by purchasing a seat on SpaceX\u2019s first crewed mission to the red planet. A Man On A Mission […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-95481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}