https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/06/dcvc-partner-and-space-explorer-chris-boshuizen-is-coming-to-tc-sessions-space-2021/ > For now, we can still say that the number of people who’ve been to space is vanishingly small. But with the new pace at which Blue Origin is sending private citizens up, that might not be the case next decade. We’re excited to talk to one newly-minted private space explorer at our upcoming online TechCrunch Sessions: Space event next week. > Dr. Chris Boshuizen has been to space, and he’s been there very recently — he was one of four passengers on board Blue Origin’s second ever human spaceflight, which took place on October 13, and which also carried TV’s Captain James T. Kirk, aka Canadian actor William Shatner.