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Billionaire Jared Isaacman is raffling off a seat on a SpaceX flight to benefit childhood cancer research

will benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and enter donors for a chance to win.

SpaceX says the billionaire will pilot one its chartered ships with three other passengers in late 2021. Snagging a seat on a spaceship as a private citizen usually requires millions of dollars and friends in high places. But billionaire Jared Isaacman is shifting the formula with a philanthropic bent.

Isaacman, who founded a secure payments company called Shift4, is chartering a four-seat SpaceX flight on its Crew Dragon ship this year. The mission, called, will be the first to launch a crew consisting solely of first-time civilian astronauts into space. One of the four seats is being put up in a raffle to benefit childhood cancer research at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The other three seats will hold Isaacman, a health care worker from St. Jude, and a Shift4Payments customer selected via a competition.

Isaacman is hoping to raise $200 million for the hospital which treats childhood cancer patients at no cost. He's also committed to donating $100 million from his own pocket,

 

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Looks like McNulty

He will retain 90% of raffle income for his service as Administrator of the raffle. No cancer research benefit in his mind, just greed!

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