One may venture the opinion that it was money well spent, as billionaire Jared Isaacman floated in space just outside the Crew Dragon capsule.

The businessman – the commander and funder of the Polaris Dawn mission – took turns with crew member Sarah Gillis on early Thursday in what became the first privately financed spacewalk in the history of space exploration.

CBS News reported:

"As he took in his first unobstructed look at the Earth 458 miles below, Isaacman marveled at the serene, boundary-free view, saying 'back at home, we all have a lot of work to do. But from here, it sure looks like a perfect world'."

Crew members Anna Menon and Scott Poteet were monitoring safety tethers and umbilicals inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon.