The first SpaceX spacewalk: What the Polaris Dawn commander says about the bold upcoming mission
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The Polaris Dawn mission is the first of three flights Jared Isaacman bought from SpaceX in 2022 for his human spaceflight effort known as the Polaris Program.
  • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 months ago

    It makes sense that the astronauts would need time to adapt to the pressure difference, but…

    This is the first test of these suits after all.

    Surely they’ve been tested on earth before launch???

    • Pennomi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Yes, but the microgravity plus radiation environment makes for a fundamentally different thing than testing in a lab!