It's certainly in the news right now, the billionaires taking off into space aboard their privately owned/funded spacecraft, made especially interesting because they are selecting passengers to go along with them.
A planned mission ("Inspiration4") for September will take place aboard a vessel named "Crew Dragon," and one of the passengers on board will be a cancer survivor.
So how did she "make the cut" to be a future space traveler?
From the first link:
"St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital announced the 29-year-old doctor's assistant will rocket into space later this year."
"Arceneaux — a former patient at St. Jude — will become the youngest American in space, beating NASA record-holder Sally Ride by over two years."
"Arceneaux wants to show her young patients and other cancer survivors that the sky is not even the limit anymore.”
“It’s going to mean so much to these kids to see a survivor in space” she said."and
"The launch is planned for this fall at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, with the spacecraft orbiting Earth for two to four days."https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/cancer-survivor-looks-forward-to-joining-private-space-flight-/5788220.htmlMore about
the upcoming flight itself:
https://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/branson-and-bezos-may-reach-space-first-billionaire-jared-isaacman-who-has-booked-better-trip-180978135/