Posted on 08/25/2024 7:50:58 PM PDT by blueplum
WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - SpaceX's attempt at the first ever private spacewalk next week will be a test of trailblazing equipment, including slim spacesuits and a cabin with no airlock, in one of the riskiest missions yet for Elon Musk's space company. A billionaire entrepreneur, a retired military fighter pilot and two SpaceX employees are poised to launch on Tuesday aboard a modified Crew Dragon craft, before embarking on a 20-minute spacewalk 434 miles (700 km) into space two days later....
Far outside the protective bubble of Earth's atmosphere, the electronics and shielding on Crew Dragon and spacesuits will be tested as they pass through parts of the Van Allen belt...
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I hope they bring along plenty of duct tape. And a high quality duct tape not bought from China. Stuff comes in handy against leaks.
Can you do us a favor and post the same comment with a bit more explanation? I couldn’t follow everything.
The Gemini and Apollo capsules had no airlock.
Seriously though, making a 100% oxygen environment? Doesn't anyone remember the Mercury disaster cooking three men to death because of a micro-spark?
That's why I said what I did.
I get what you’re saying, but would the fighter pilot be the only one able to cope with 8 g? what about blood pooling in the remaining 3? survivable?
LIVE! Polaris Dawn Countdown to Launch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VK50GZ-Jak
other vids, interviews:
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That was Apollo 1.
How many spaces engineers came over from Boeing to get away from the DEI culture?
Ironically, after the Liberty Bell accident, with Grissom, where they lost the craft because the hatch blew off, the Apollo 1 hatch had a double cover that made explosive bolts and instant hatch opening impossible.
Everything about going to Space is Risky.
Risky is lighting the damned rocket at the outset!
Thanks, guys. Unlike some here I appreciate the shoring up of the olde sieve. Death by Velcro...god Tang it.
I've been using duct tape to seal leaks on my old truck roof, leaks because of body rot. Regular duct tape breaks down within a month due to sunlight UV, so I use a foil type duct tape for furnaces that resists UV and holds up for many months. I know, I should just fix the body damage but it would cost too much. Up in outer space, not so easy to get a service person up there for repairs, so good duct tape would help. As for 100% oxygen, I'd recommend not scraping around a leak with metal tools unless the capsule is void of oxygen.
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