F2Pool founder who controls 11% of bitcoin's hashrate to lead first SpaceX mission to Mars

Chun Wang, the first Mission Commander for SpaceX’s first commercial spaceflight to Mars, is crucial for the future transport of millions of tons of cargo and a million citizens to the Red Planet. What to know : ChunWang, a Chinese-born Maltese-Kittitian crypto investor and co-founder of F2Pool, has been named mission commander for SpaceX’s first commercial human spaceflight interplanetary mission to Mars. The two-year mission, targeted for launch in 2026, will include a circumlunar flyby, a high-altitude Mars flyby and a complex return trajectory, testing SpaceX’s new Starship V3 architecture and deep-space operations. Data from the mission, including biomedical telemetry and hardware performance, is intended to underpin Elon Musk’s plans for rapid Starship reuse and the eventual transport of massive cargo and up to a million people to Mars, as SpaceX pursues a record-breaking IPO and discloses significant bitcoin holdings.