The new discovery+ special ‘SPACE TITANS: Musk, Bezos, Branson’ will analyze this new wave of space exploration and what lies ahead. The special is produced in collaboration with The Washington Post.

The instructions astronauts receive from ground control are typically stored in PDF files that can be viewed on a computer or tablet. Although these tools are available to the technician while working on a machine in a confined space, they limit productivity.

Musk announced that he would contribute $50 million to the effort, helping the crew surpass the $200 million mark. 100 million dollars will be contributed by Isaacman.

Quite a few thumbs up were seen as SpaceX launched the capsule atop its reusable two-stage Falcon 9 rocket. It was almost 10 minutes after 8:03 p.m. that the Crew Dragon, carrying an observation dome instead of its standard docking hatch, entered orbit.

They will be the first private citizens to orbit the Earth in a three-day mission. It started with Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos traveling to the final frontier on different platforms, just a few days apart, on Virgin Galactic spacecraft.