The pair met in college and shared a passion for spaceflight, driving out to watch NASA shuttle launches and participating in commercial space flight advocacy groups.
Kyle Hippchen, 43, won a SpaceX sweepstakes to join a flight last September, but he handed his ticket to Chris Sembrowski, his college roommate. The Florida-based captain for Delta’s regional carrier Endeavor Air shared his story with the Associated Press and described how the disappointment lingers to this day.
Sembroski, 42, attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with Hippchen in Arizona during the 1990s. They would drive out to watch NASA shuttle launches in the desert whenever they got the chance, and after graduation would help advocacy groups that pushed for developments in commercial space travel.
He turned the ticket over to Sembroski, who had bought $50 worth of entries. Isaacman called Hippchen’s gift "an incredible act of generosity." The other passengers on the flight included a St. Jude physician assistant who beat cancer as a child and a community college passenger who won a seat as a Shift4 Payment business client.
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