WEBSITE SO YOU CAN LEND A HAND
TO THOSE FOLKS THERE IN HOUSTON,
TEXAS.
>>> MEANWHILE, IN CASE YOU
MISSED IT, WE HAD SOME REALLY
EXCITING NEWS A SHORT TIME AGO
HERE ON "TODAY."
WE REVEALED SOME NEW INFORMATION
ABOUT THAT HISTORIC TRIP INTO
SPACE.
THE INSPIRATION 4 IS THE FIRST
ALL CIVILIAN MISSION.
IT’S SET TO LAUNCH LATER THIS
YEAR.
>> THE CHIP’S COMMANDSHIP’S COMM
ISAAC
ISAACMAN, FOUNDER OF SHIP FOR
PAYMENTS, PARTNERING WITH ELON
MUSK TO MAKE THIS DREAM A
REALITY.
THEY’VE TURN TDED THE MISSION IN
A MASSIVE FUNDRAISER FOR ST.
JUDE’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, AFTER
JARED HIMSELF DONATED $100
MILLION.
NOW, WE KNOW WHO THE SECOND
MEMBER OF THE CREW IS.
FORMER ST. JUDE PATIENT,
29-YEAR-OLD HAYLEY ARCENEAUX
FROM MEMPHIS.
SHE NOW WORKS AT ST. JUDE AS A
PHYSICIAN’S ASSISTANT.
GUESS WHAT?
THIS MORNING, JARED AND HAYLEY
BOTH JOIN US LIVE.
GOOD MORNING, GUYS.
HOW YOU DOING?
>> HEY, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> IT’S SO EXCITING TO TALK TO
YOU.
I HAVE TO ADMIT, I HAVE A PANG
OF JEALOUSY BECAUSE I CAN’T
BELIEVE, HAYLEY, YOU’RE GOING TO
SPACE.
JARED, LET’S START WITH YOU.
THERE WERE THREE AVAILABLE SEATS
IN THIS CIVILIAN SPACECRAFT.
HAYLEY IS NOW TAKING ONE OF
THEM.
SO I HAVE TO ASK, WHAT MADE HER
STAND OUT IN THIS HUGE SELECTION
PROCESS?
HOW DO THE NEXT TWO SEATS, HOW
DO THOSE PEOPLE BASICALLY APPLY
AND FILL OUT THAT POSITION?
>> THIS IS WHAT INSPIRATION 4 IS
ALL ABOUT, TO DELIVER AN
INPIRING MESSINPYRE
INSPIRING MESSAGE TO THE WORLD
ABOUT WHAT IS CERTAINLY UP IN
SPACE BUT ALSO WHAT WE CAN
ACCOMPLISH HERE ON EARTH.
I CAN’T THINK OF ANYONE WHO CAN
GIVE A MORE INSPIRING MESSAGE
THAN HAYLEY.
I THINK WHEN THE WORLD HEARS HER
STORY AND THE JOURNEY SHE’S
GOING ON, LIKE, THERE’S GOING TO
BE SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD THAT ARE GOING TO LOOK TO
HER AS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION.
NOT JUST THOSE THAT WANT TO GO
UP INTO SPACE, BUT THOSE THAT,
YOU KNOW, ARE GOING THROUGH
CHALLENGES IN LIFE AND WANT TO
BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE HOPE
THAT THEY CAN OVERCOME THEM AND
STILL, YOU KNOW, ACHIEVE AMAZING
THINGS IN THEIR LIVES.
SO HAYLEY IS JUST AWESOME.
I’M SUPER FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER
AS A CREW MEMBER ON THIS
MISSION.
AS FOR THE OTHER TWO SEATS,
THOSE THAT REPRESENT GENEROSITY,
ARE MAKING DONATIONS.
EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVEN NOW AND
THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH, ON
INSPIRATION4.COM.
SOMEBODY WHO IS MAKING A
DONATION TO THIS WORTHWHILE
CAUSE FOR ST. JUDE WILL BE
SELECTED AT RANDOM AT THE END OF
THE MONTH, AND THEY’LL BE THE
THIRD KREE MEMBERCREW MEMBER.
THE FOURTH MEMBER WILL BE
SOMEONE ELEVATING THEIR COMPANY
TO THE STARS.
YOU CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO FILL
OUT THE SEAT REPRESENTING
MISSION AND PROSPERITY.
>> HAYLEY, EARLIER, YOU SAID YOU
HOPE THIS TEACHES KIDS
STRUGGLING WITH CANCER THAT THE
SKY ISN’T EVEN THE LIMIT.
YOU’VE OVERCOME SO MUCH ALREADY.
NOW, YOU’RE ON THE FRONT LINES
DURING A PANDEMIC.
WORKING AT ST. JUDE.
HOW MEANINGFUL IS THIS
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU, AFTER
EVERYTHING THAT YOU’VE SURVIVED?
>> WHENEVER I GOT THIS CALL,
INVITING ME TO GO TO SPACE, I
RECOGNIZED THE FUNDRAISING
OPPORTUNITY IT WAS FOR ST. JUDE,
BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT IT WOULD
INSPIRE MY PATIENTS I GET TO
WORK WITH, WHO ARE THE BRAVEST
KIDS I HAVE EVER MET.
NOT ONLY MY OWN PATIENTS, BUT
CANCER PATIENTS AND SURVIVORS
EVERYWHERE, TO SHOW THEM WHAT
SURVIVOR
SURVIVORSHIP CAN LOOK LIKE AND
WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
I’M INCREDIBLY HONORED TO
REPRESENT THESE KIDS IN THIS
SEAT.
>> HAYLEY, IT’S SO INSPIRING.
TALK ABOUT EXCITING, YOU GOT TO
TRY ON A SPACE SUIT AT SPACEX
THIS WEEKEND.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
>> I THINK THAT’S WHEN IT REALLY
MADE IT REAL.
JARED AND I, WE WERE BOTH TRYING
ON OUR SPACE SUITS.
THEY WERE HEAVIER THAN WE
THOUGHT THEY’D BE.
I MADE SURE I COULD DANCE AROUND
IN IT HIM.
THEY WERE SO COOL.
I CANNOT WAIT TO WEAR ONE UP TO
SPACE.
>> I JUST HAVE TO PULL UP THIS
THROWBACK PHOTO.
THERE IS THIS GREAT PICTURE OF
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AT NASA WHEN
YOU WERE YOUNGER, IN FRONT OF A
GREEN SCREEN SPACESHIP.
THIS TAKES IT TO A WHOLE NEW
LEVEL.
YOU’RE GOING TO RECREATE THIS
PICTURE, BASICALLY, IN REAL
LIFE.
COULD YOU EVER HAVE IMAGINED
THIS?
>> YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I VISITED
NASA THAT TIME, OF COURSE I
WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT.
WHO DOESN’T?
AFTER THAT, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
CANCER, AND REALLY EVER SINCE
THEN, ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS
WORK AT ST. JUDE’S.
I NEVER THOUGHT I’D BE GOING TO
SPACE.
I LOVE THAT THIS MISSION IS
OPENING SPACE TRAVEL UP FOR
EVERYONE.
>> JARED, WE WANT FOLKS TO KNOW
THIS SWEEPSTAKES RUNS UNTIL THE
END OF THE MONTH.
IT IS A FANTASTIC CONCEPT.
IT’S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE
WHOSE BANK ACCOUNTS ARE AS BIG
AS THEIR HEARTS.
THANKS FOR DOING IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> HAYLEY AND JARED, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
BY THE WAY, THEY’VE ALREADY
RAISED $10 MILLION FOR ST. JUDE.
IF YOU WANT, I CAN’T BELIEVE I’M
SAYING THIS, A CHANCE TO GO TO
SPACE WITH THEM, YOU CAN FIND
OUT HOW AT TODAY.COM.
>> DYLAN IS ALREADY SIGNED UP.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
>> THEY’RE READING ALL THE
ENTRIES.
>> BY THE WAY, WE SHOULD POINT
OUT, DOESN’T MATTER HOW MUCH YOU
CONTRIBUTE.
THERE’S NO CORRELATION BETWEEN