Polaris Dawn | First Private Spacewalk | Falcon 9

[twilit kelp]

GOING

[nocturne night]

LOL who dropped something in MCC

[iron swift]

metal

[distant hemlock]

water bottle

[worn laurel]

ding

[woeful ruin]

lets go!

[twilit kelp]

Metal pipe falling sound effect

[fringe field]

holy, and I cannot stress this enough, fuck

[twilit kelp]

Turning

[tulip pollen]

real

[iron swift]

oh the pressure dropped so fast

[fickle elm]

oh I thought that clang came from the dragon

[twilit kelp]

It’s happening

[short basalt]

0 psi

[solid tiger]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-my-god-its-happening-ok-stay-calm-the-office-gif-6091046

[nocturne night]

bro this is giving me anxiety rn lol

[fringe field]

oh shit

[twilit kelp]

Same

[solid tiger]

fr

[short basalt]

Here we go

[distant hemlock]

OPEN IT

[radiant latch]

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOO

[fringe field]

I can't tell if I should be massively excited or massively nervous

[radiant latch]

[distant hemlock]

bug came in

[worn laurel]

imagine if he cant get it to move

[fringe field]

why is there FOD floating around

[distant hemlock]

both

[twilit kelp]

They have a motor iirc

[fringe field]

he needs to give it a nudge

[tulip pollen]

hatch open is where it gets real

[worn laurel]

suit pressure drop?

[fringe field]

but then they can use the motor

[worn laurel]

went from 5.0 to 4.8

[fringe field]

I'm sure it's fine (I am clinging to a hope)

[distant hemlock]

normalinal

[worn laurel]

went up then back down

[solid tiger]

tqarget pressure reached

[nocturne night]

its moving!

[worn laurel]

here we goooo

[distant hemlock]

ITS MOVING

[tulip pollen]

there it is

[fringe field]

holy fucking fuck what the fucking shit what holy

[twilit kelp]

[worn laurel]

isnt it on a hinge? why is the whole hatch moving?

[fringe field]

uh

[iron swift]

IT'S OPENING

uh?

[woeful ruin]

[fringe field]

I said uh to this

[fickle elm]

hey they didn't die! \o/

[fringe field]

I don't have an answer

[twilit kelp]

What are they talking about

[remote gazelle]

omg

i can't believe this is happening

[tulip pollen]

what

[fringe field]

"EV1 return to seat"

[distant hemlock]

oh

what

[worn laurel]

huh

[tulip pollen]

oh

[fickle elm]

uh oh

[radiant latch]

???????

[short basalt]

Oh no

[fringe field]

oh shit the hatch is not working

[fickle elm]

is this nominal

[distant hemlock]

they making him do it again nah

[short basalt]

wtf happening

[worn laurel]

uhh

[tulip pollen]

did jared break the hatch 😭

[distant hemlock]

Yeah

[nocturne night]

OH

[radiant latch]

Hm

[nocturne night]

manual hatch open???

[tulip pollen]

lets try again

[fringe field]

YOU ARE GO FOR MANUAL HATCH OPEN

[twilit kelp]

Oh

[distant hemlock]

OH

[worn laurel]

manual?

he done broke it

[eager yarrow]

Sounds like the automatic hatch opening didn't work

[distant hemlock]

Emanual

[twilit kelp]

WHAT

[radiant latch]

LOL

[tulip pollen]

yeah it seems like it

[eager yarrow]

They talked about Sarah pushing a button to open the hatch

[tulip pollen]

ofc the views are gone now

[twilit kelp]

Giv live views

[iron swift]

can we not lose cams at this stage

[radiant latch]

NOPE ACTUALLY YES DO IT HAHA

[distant hemlock]

WHERE IS THE CAM!

[fringe field]

jared broke the fuckass motor

[eager yarrow]

Seal looks good

[twilit kelp]

Out of ground station

[nocturne night]

https://tenor.com/view/mujikcboro-seriymujik-gif-24361533

[fickle elm]

mission control: Jared be a man 💪 don't depend on motors 🤖

[woeful ruin]

We really are doing this

[worn laurel]

where is the next groundstation?

[tulip pollen]

can we get like AOS canberra or something

[fringe field]

appl.ause

[twilit kelp]

We are going

[tulip pollen]

great

[fringe field]

I haer applause

[radiant latch]

king shit

[tulip pollen]

something happened

[fringe field]

that must be good

[eager yarrow]

Lol the guy running in the background

[nocturne night]

YO

[tulip pollen]

HERE WE GO

[fringe field]

IT'S OPEN

[worn laurel]

yeeee

[fickle elm]

hey where the video feed

[iron swift]

YESS

THE HATCH

[fickle elm]

ooooh

[iron swift]

IS OPEN

[twilit kelp]

YEAHHHHHH

[distant hemlock]

ITS OPEN

[twilit kelp]

YEAHHHHHHH

HOLY CRAP

[radiant latch]

SIIIII

[tulip pollen]

helmetcam :o

[solid tiger]

omg

[distant hemlock]

HELMET CAM

[fringe field]

YES FUCKING PLEASE

[solid tiger]

omg

omg

[tulip pollen]

EGRESS TIME

[twilit kelp]

WOAHHHH

[fickle elm]

nice. best pool dive ever

[fringe field]

EGRESS

[twilit kelp]

AMAZING

[short basalt]

Let’s go

[fringe field]

HE'S GOING

[tulip pollen]

THIS IS SICK

[worn laurel]

isnt the trunk supposed to be facing the sun?

nvm that was a reflection lol

[fringe field]

I'M LITERALLY CUMMING 😭

[distant hemlock]

HES GOIGN

[iron swift]

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO

[short basalt]

Bro wtf

[tulip pollen]

wo

[nocturne night]

https://tenor.com/view/my-reaction-to-that-information-emoji-lol-xd-hahahahahaha-gif-25799154

[radiant latch]

IT HAPPENED

[supple briar]

WTF

[radiant latch]

THE DREAM IS ALIVE

[eager yarrow]

HERE COMES THE VIEW

[tulip pollen]

oh my lord

[eager yarrow]

WOOAH

[remote gazelle]

YEAH

[worn laurel]

woah

[fringe field]

HOLY FUCKING GOD

THAT IS BEAUTIFUL

[fickle elm]

one small step for a man. one giant leap for capitalism

[tulip pollen]

what a view

[iron swift]

OMFG

[worn laurel]

not flat i repeat not flat

[short basalt]

That’s awesome view

[tulip pollen]

YOOO

[woeful ruin]

!!!

[short basalt]

I’m in this picture

[distant hemlock]

OH YEAH

[twilit kelp]

OH MY GOD

[twilit kelp]

DAYUM

[fickle elm]

okay this is definitely sufficiently cool looking

[short basalt]

Holy shit

[floral oxide]

YES

[fringe field]

he looks so stiff

[fickle elm]

without all the floating off on a tether thing

[tulip pollen]

this doesnt look real lmao

[fringe field]

tiiicbwgtwtiol

[tulip pollen]

going into darkness soon

[twilit kelp]

its so beautiful

[iron swift]

what's the numbers for

what's the scale

out of 5?

[fringe field]

god the terminator line looks so fucking cool

[iron swift]

that was not a scale

why's the timeline still at ev1 egress

[tulip pollen]

he is going

[short basalt]

https://x.com/spacex/status/1834183716937367859?

SpaceX (@SpaceX) on X

@rookisaacman The first test focuses on using a single hand to control body movement. The spacewalkers will evaluate their ability to move in all directions, hold a single position for 10-15 seconds, and hold position while the other arm is simulating tool use

Twitter · Sep 12, 2024, 10:54 AM

[iron swift]

is this the proper eva?

[fickle elm]

okay so it IS a danceoff of some type

[vale gust]

https://youtu.be/cAUQOTyaXb8

[radiant latch]

we're gonna be seeing this for a really long time now, he'll yeah

[short basalt]

Why would I wanna watch n$f in this moment lmao

[fickle elm]

danceoff vs NASA eva suit wearers

[fringe field]

live video cutoff

[tulip pollen]

there goes the view

[radiant latch]

We'll get it back

[twilit kelp]

my stream quality just went to maximum cronch

[radiant latch]

Rook clearly knows what he's doing

[iron swift]

i love how the background noise sounds like chanting

[fickle elm]

NSF has the same stream from spaceX

it's just not Xitter

[fringe field]

look I fucking hate twitter but I hate nsf a whole lot more

[iron swift]

feed

[solid tiger]

is he reading from HUD

[worn laurel]

we had views from starship ripping itself apart all the way through the atmosphere but a little eva has constant cutoffs

[radiant latch]

feed back les goo

[fickle elm]

I'm watching NSF because there's no Tim live

[fringe field]

gyatt (I'm sorry)

[tulip pollen]

3 more mins of eva i think

[fickle elm]

DAT ASS

[radiant latch]

yup

[quaint lance]

[distant hemlock]

OH HES OUT

[nocturne night]

i just knew someone would do it

[twilit kelp]

since when can you change this?

[iron swift]

THE WAVE

[fringe field]

I'm returning to old haylee

[twilit kelp]

i knew someone would say it

[radiant latch]

This reminds me a lot like Ed White

Rook feels like a million dollars rn

[fringe field]

for example

[fickle elm]

oh he has foot restraints

[fringe field]

he's probably nervous as fuck

[modest panther]

Ehm?

[fringe field]

why is he going back in? it's only been 7 minutes

[fringe field]

feel free to delete that lol

[worn laurel]

terminator line is almost over the horizon

[twilit kelp]

haylee is reverting

[eager yarrow]

They need to redo an earlier test

[fickle elm]

I appreciate

[tulip pollen]

ingress at 47 min

little wave

[fickle elm]

spaceflight and stiff rockets go hand in hand

[tulip pollen]

hello jared

[worn laurel]

where is the camera mounted?

[fringe field]

waiting for them to grab the zero g indicator and throw it as hard as they can retrograde

[eager yarrow]

Nosecone

[worn laurel]

yooo helmetcam

[fringe field]

"I'm checking out your nosecone right now... and... looks pretty good"

thank you jared

[radiant latch]

LOL

[twilit kelp]

helmetcam yay

[tulip pollen]

ingress time

[iron swift]

ingress ti

[remote gazelle]

https://tenor.com/view/hi-smiley-face-yellow-gif-8004301841562115300

[iron swift]

what the fuck

the fuck did that clock just do

[fickle elm]

he didn't make a speech

just tests

[eager yarrow]

He did

[tulip pollen]

at the start

[eager yarrow]

And a short one at the end

[tulip pollen]

and hes back

[fringe field]

dude my excitement is making my short term memory fucking die

[radiant latch]

Speech? He's only supposed to say a few words

[fickle elm]

yeah heard the short one at the end

[tulip pollen]

sarah time soon

[distant hemlock]

I may need to sleep now

[worn laurel]

those suits look so much more comfortable than the EMU suits

[fickle elm]

I must have been freaking out too much to hear the beginning one

[distant hemlock]

I will watch the vid of sarah in the morning

[short basalt]

Since always

[twilit kelp]

it's already late enough for me im just gonna stay up

[fringe field]

yeah same

my short term memory is like

4 seconds

[fringe field]

yeah same

[radiant latch]

No thank you I'd rather watch it out now

[eager yarrow]

They're reenabling the forward dracos to adjust the orientation before Sarah will exit

[iron swift]

wait why are they still pumping oxygen in the cabin

[tulip pollen]

go for EV2 egress

[fickle elm]

EV1 didn't get hit by debris or spout leaks all is well 👍

[hard sundial]

I thought Kidd was doing EV2

[tulip pollen]

no

[radiant latch]

Sarah's up to bat

[twilit kelp]

theyre gonna ignite the dracos while the hatch is open?!

[eager yarrow]

Yeah they did, it's already done

[hard sundial]

Was I weong or did something change

[twilit kelp]

oh dang

[worn laurel]

its not like therell be air rushing by

[fickle elm]

draco surfing

[eager yarrow]

IIRC it always was supposed to be Sarah

[worn laurel]

jared really had the best view

[twilit kelp]

yeah he did

[hard sundial]

Hmm. Ooops

[fickle elm]

better for optics if it's one man and one woman

[worn laurel]

pop it back in?

[fringe field]

why did they say pop it back in? I wasn't paying attention

[worn laurel]

wat

[wispy talon]

i mean
it saves time

[iron swift]

is the seal doing an unfunny

[tulip pollen]

oh is it for the draco maneover

[wispy talon]

not like the dracos pose any real harm

[iron swift]

oh?

[radiant latch]

They can still see every single star in the sky

[tulip pollen]

true

[iron swift]

eva complete?

[tulip pollen]

no

[worn laurel]

"when eva complete"

[iron swift]

ok i suppose i missed some words there

[fringe field]

EV2 is completing egress

[fickle elm]

draco thrust away while Sarah is outside for a fun prank?

[tulip pollen]

would be cool if they waited until they were on the daylight side

[wispy talon]

do-able but I dont think they'd risk it

[tulip pollen]

alright lets do this

there she goes

[fringe field]

why is this so much cooler than a regular ISS EVA

[worn laurel]

cooler suits

[tulip pollen]

cuz its a first

[remote gazelle]

HELLO SARAH

[worn laurel]

and its new

[radiant latch]

it's like when I make maneuvers with kerbals on ladders

[wispy talon]

(it techincally isn't, but it's new)

[fringe field]

"hello guys welcome to my vlog"

[supple briar]

Sarah looks much more comfortable with the suit

[twilit kelp]

wow

amazing

[wispy talon]

voice crack of the CENTURY

[radiant latch]

yup, space 👍🏼

[fringe field]

they look so... uncomfortable in the suits

[eager yarrow]

Rip the complete darkness

[tulip pollen]

yeah

[radiant latch]

It isn't complete darkness

she can see everything

[nocturne night]

i mean... yeah?

[worn laurel]

eh looks more comfy than the EMU

[wispy talon]

(because spacesuits are inherently stiff as hell and thus extrmely difficult to move around without the correct training)

[tulip pollen]

well yeah theres a giant light shining on her

[worn laurel]

wait would she not be able to see the stars bc of the light

[fickle elm]

they are basically balloon animals

[radiant latch]

no she should still be able to see all visible light in the night sky

[wispy talon]

they're literally the same

one is just bulkier

[tulip pollen]

im not sure

[fringe field]

I never connected two and two together but that's probably why they didn't look at the nosecone

[tulip pollen]

maybe but its like trying to see stars under a street light

u can see a few but not many

[wispy talon]

(it is.)

yeah

[fickle elm]

Sarah got a 4 and some 3s. we have a danceoff winner!

[radiant latch]

Like an Arizona sky I assume

[fickle elm]

(I have no idea if more is better or what)

[tulip pollen]

ingress at 0:59

[fringe field]

god

[supple briar]

Huh they're over new zealand right now

[wispy talon]

hopefully they get another change to egress,
EVA timing was horriffic given the sun time

40 mins or so until sunrise

[tulip pollen]

this is the only eva

[fringe field]

they have limited oxygen

[wispy talon]

F

[radiant latch]

they're not past perigee yet

[twilit kelp]

nope this is the only one

[wispy talon]

damn

man

[radiant latch]

Imagine being outside at 195 kilos

[wispy talon]

I was hoping Gills would see better stuff ngl

[worn laurel]

they will be able to see city light tbf

well, very few over new zealand

and then boat lights

[wispy talon]

this is one of the few things where the other people who know what it's like have all recently died

[floral oxide]

Highest EVA ever for a woman? Or was STS-61 higher?

[wispy talon]

no this is it

[twilit kelp]

not really bc theres a big shining light on them

[fringe field]

that's such a dumb record

[wispy talon]

this is the furthest a woman has been from earth

[radiant latch]

better wording^

[twilit kelp]

why

[wispy talon]

agreed but people will latch onto it same way lmao

[modest panther]

(like almost any record ever)

[tulip pollen]

how is it dumb

its cool

[radiant latch]

could be farther if it's done by apogee

[wispy talon]

true

[modest panther]

So often these records just are relying on technicalities

[floral oxide]

won't disagree but doesn't hurt to note

[worn laurel]

excuse me, are you saying the record for most dominos setup in 1 hour is dumb?

[fringe field]

humans are humans. Should gender really be the major distinguishing thing between us? should we be distinguishing between gender whilst simultaneously striving for equality?

[radiant latch]

also she doesn't have to be on eva to be the farthest woman she and Anna still are

[iron swift]

ingress time

[wispy talon]

ingress time

[tulip pollen]

back inside

[wispy talon]

"this is the saddest moment of my life"

• ed white

hell yeah bbyyyy

[vale gust]

That was quick

[fringe field]

technically one of them was further out 😉

[main cosmos]

Those tests looks like someone just messing on Garry's mod, lol

[modest panther]

Mostl/furthest etc xx is good

But most/furthest XX for YY already gets murky

[wispy talon]

currently going over middle earth

[fickle elm]

obligatory

[wispy talon]

💀

[radiant latch]

me when there's Hennessey at the function

[nocturne night]

can we not

[vale gust]

technically Sarah was further than earth than Anna at the moment of spacewalk

[iron swift]

no

1 hour

[solar gulch]

The one clear record is 4 people sitting in a vacuum for the same time, this is a first

[worn laurel]

if they cant seal the hatch, will they have to stay in the suits until landing?

[twilit kelp]

its not the only distinguishing thing between us. its just a fact of a matter that anna and sarah are now the farthest a woman has ever been from earth, and it's being noted in that way, but it's not the main focus here, theres plenty of other records being set

[modest panther]

I don't think there's an alternative

[worn laurel]

"has it been stowed in the do not stow window"

[wispy talon]

like I said before
I think this is cool
one of the few spaceflights that involve things that have been done, but no one alive expect the current crew has experienced it

[nocturne night]

oops who left the RBF tag in

[radiant latch]

I lost my car keys

[modest panther]

Going from an ego contest between 2 countries in a cold war to an ego contest for rich people

[wispy talon]

my bad im R-G colorblind

[floral oxide]

she didn't see the sunrise?

:/

[wispy talon]

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYIN' MAN

[iron swift]

my bad im R-G colorblind

[wispy talon]

lowkey I'm kinda disappointed at that

[twilit kelp]

yeahh it was bad timing

[wispy talon]

but it is what it is

[radiant latch]

This is just one eva Kate, it's 2 egresses

[wispy talon]

IS THERE?????

[fickle elm]

the other country (china) is still going to cold war it

[wispy talon]

or do you mean in total

[worn laurel]

in total i think

[twilit kelp]

2 in total counting both jared and sarah

[tulip pollen]

hatch being closed

[wispy talon]

produces cool things, dunt care about anything else

[nocturne night]

hatch is latched i think?

[modest panther]

Now the moment if truth

[wispy talon]

gotcha

[woeful ruin]

EVA almost joever

[hushed garden]

thats why you should use purple like ariane

[woeful ruin]

Latched

[eager yarrow]

Hatch has been closed

[fickle elm]

unless we get Temu space hotel or something

[woeful ruin]

Looked really good!

[tulip pollen]

good seal

[radiant latch]

Whatever pushes mankind forward in space is fine with me

[eager yarrow]

Good hatch seal

[fringe field]

phew

[twilit kelp]

closed

[fringe field]

good seal

[nocturne night]

and with that I go back to sleep

[wispy talon]

Depress worriers in shambles

[iron swift]

me when no hatch view at all except for the time the motors gave up on jared

[modest panther]

This TBF

And it does help science so yeah

(Nothing helps science as much as war )

[twilit kelp]

ugh im too awake now to go back to sleep

[worn laurel]

pressure rising again

0.3

[wispy talon]

welcome to 7AM buddy
one of us
one of us

[fringe field]

ok but is nobody gonna talk about the fact that jared managed to break the door opening motor

[radiant latch]

Australia just vibing to the west

[worn laurel]

ye lol

[tulip pollen]

😭

jared goat

[modest panther]

It's 1:17pm
Nice time

[wispy talon]

i mean he was really excited about going outside lmao

[twilit kelp]

now im gonna go rewatch the bluebird launch i missed this morning

[fickle elm]

strong af 💪

[sharp cairn]

Start of 16 minute repressurization period

[fickle elm]

all that underwater training did him good

[vale gust]

its 4:47

pm

[iron swift]

"huh"

[radiant latch]

yeah Rook handled it like a champ

[worn laurel]

so with the Polaris Program, Dawn had the EVA, will 3 have EVA as well? bc new vehicle?

[solar gulch]

Anyway this seems to be a better test EVA for new suits than the one for the Chinese one during Shenzhou 7 in 2008
That one only had Zhai Zhigang going out of the spacecraft to wave a Chinese flag and retrieve a material exposure experiment back, and IIRC they certainly didn’t elaborately test suit mobility limits like here.

[radiant latch]

he has all the confidence now

[sharp cairn]

Then a leak check, then 24 more minutes of repressurization

[modest panther]

HUH how is there's a 30m change

What crazy timezone is that

[tulip pollen]

india has one like that i think

[vale gust]

its pm here

[tulip pollen]

or china i cant remember

[vale gust]

yep you are my bro

[iron swift]

pretty sure there's one with a 45 minute change

[vale gust]

ohhh...

[modest panther]

(hourly shifts are normal from UTC, also another :30 shift is just not it)

[radiant latch]

Oh yeah Indian launches are always in that time

[nocturne night]

43 minute change timezone when

[fickle elm]

Myanmar has like a 15 minute offset from usual

[worn laurel]

cant wait for Polaris 3, thatll be really cool

[nocturne night]

actually wait, continuous time zone change

[vale gust]

Nepal too..... 15 minutes+ from india

[fringe field]

consider :45 shifts

[vale gust]

PREACH

[fickle elm]

anyway back to work. that was EPIC

[fringe field]

what if we had 360 timezones for each of the degrees

[fickle elm]

take care folks

[radiant latch]

I put it on the living room

[tulip pollen]

15 mins for each zone

[fickle elm]

whoa it's raining like crazy

[vale gust]

how is this so bright? earth was barely visible i think

[radiant latch]

4 am

[fickle elm]

here, not in orbit

[fringe field]

(EV1 egress)

jared was in light

[vale gust]

oh, but i saw it live, iirc it was half dark half bright

[fickle elm]

some nice yin and yang allegory

[radiant latch]

I didn't turn on a light in my house people are sleeping

[wispy talon]

yeah, jared ingressed literally the moment the sun started setting

[radiant latch]

but I was hooting and hollering when egress happened

[vale gust]

what prevents them for a bit longer egress time?

lack of trust on Spacesuit

?

[radiant latch]

no

this is a test

I didn't need to be a full duration eva

[vale gust]

yes it means dont trust the spacesuit as much as in operational mission

[radiant latch]

and it works! on to the next

[wispy talon]

they're only really out there to test the spacesuit mobility, and they did that
not exactly a Gemini 4 situation where they can move around as they please

[vale gust]

It could
**8 days to 8 months

[wispy talon]

egress, test mobility, report, ingress
that's all

[radiant latch]

huh?

what are you talm bout

[vale gust]

Gemini spacewalks, with Agena, were wild. that buzz aldrin playing with Agena upper stage was so cool.

[vale gust]

yah

[radiant latch]

I like how everyone fell asleep, the eva ain't over yet

[wispy talon]

true
man probably did the only 100% successful eva of the gemini program

[wispy talon]

eh? it will be once the cabin represses lmao

[radiant latch]

that hasn't happened

[fringe field]

ooprs

[rough tide]

Car

[radiant latch]

el gato

[vale gust]

someone enlighten me on how's commercial spacewalks ever going to be regular and consistent? nobody except tourists would pay...Except when , as NSF said, Asteroid mining

[wispy talon]

le chat

[rough tide]

Do any of their items get messed up from being in vaccume

Like the toilet maybe

And phones or whatever else

[wispy talon]

uh
private satellite maintenance missions, maybe? idk man that's something for like a decade from now

[radiant latch]

On Starship they can be used to make repairs or move stuff around, which is something I myself personally would like to do as a private astro

[vale gust]

yeahh

[vale gust]

yeahh

[wispy talon]

Something like polaris would almost exclusively be for sat repair and maintenance

[radiant latch]

I'm gonna weld in a vacuum

[remote gazelle]

(the open can of Doritos that was spilling doritos into space)

[vale gust]

now this reminds me of potential hubble Serviciing mission for POLARIS 2

[wispy talon]

yeah smth like that

[fringe field]

polaris is one of the coolest modern spaceflight related programs

let the north star guide you polaris dawn

[radiant latch]

Yep, it has inspired me on a personal level to stay in school and enter the sector very soon

the same way shuttle astros saw the moon landings

[rough tide]

what was that site that shows trhe path of launches

orbit io or somthing i dont remember

is this on that

[radiant latch]

N2YO

[vale gust]

for some reason i dont like Artemis 2 very much

it should be a apollo 8 moment for us, but still not really for me

[wispy talon]

oh shit woah Gills is the youngest person to ever EVA

[radiant latch]

nice!

[fringe field]

https://www.spacex.com/follow-dragon it has its own tracking thing

[woeful ruin]

It's going to be needed for private space station assembly and maintaince too

[rough tide]

yeah but it kinda sucks

[wispy talon]

Both she and Leonov were 30 but she's a few weeks younger

[twilit kelp]

What version of windows is that

[radiant latch]

https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=61042

@rough tide

Papa Delta is about to fly over my house

[remote gazelle]

feet pics

[radiant latch]

I salute you all

[iron swift]

it's so bare bones lol

[fringe field]

this is uh

not as bad as me saying "gyatt" at jared

[tulip pollen]

lol

[radiant latch]

direct connection to Hawthorne

I'm still a bit upset about the hq moving to SB

[iron swift]

cant wait for mainstream media to mention starliner one way or another

[modest panther]

Don't think much changes

Except the tax receipt

[radiant latch]

well I live in California so yeah

[rough tide]

ah im just out of range

[radiant latch]

don't wanna move to Texas as much as I like texans

[worn laurel]

from what i can see polaris 1 and 3 are the main "cutting edge" missions, polaris 2 prob was going to be one as well, but the hubble service mission was denied

[iron swift]

crew really said 🗽

[twilit kelp]

"There's a starrrrrmaaannnnnn..."

[iron swift]

there's no good statue emoji

[radiant latch]

waitin in da skyy

[radiant latch]

ugh I didn't get to see that live don't rub it in my face

[eager yarrow]

Successful leak checl

[modest panther]

Wait that got cut

Sadge

[fringe field]

now I don't like meatriding but it's really fucking hard to not meatride the company that does this shit

[radiant latch]

SpX can work me to the bone all they like

[rough tide]

Looks like the race dummy in beam ng

[radiant latch]

more like left in 2018 and returned 2024

6 years out by the sun

[woeful ruin]

Man I wish I could go back to sleep but I got an entire day of work ahead of me

[tulip pollen]

fixed

[radiant latch]

I should get about another hour of shut eye

[twilit kelp]

Lmao

[main creek]

Elon definitely trapped one of his enemies in that car

[radiant latch]

"Guess who's back guess who's back guess who's back"

[twilit kelp]

https://tenor.com/view/eminem-mask-robin-gif-2620599489105382922

[radiant latch]

I lowkey want a roadster

[wispy talon]

https://x.com/planet4589/status/1834191976746352680

Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) on X

The spacewalk time using my 5kPa rule was 33min 25s. The hatch open/close time was about 26m 40s. Isaacman was outside hatch for 7 min 56m; Gillis for about 7m15s.

Twitter · Sep 12, 2024, 11:26 AM

[iron swift]

crew really do be 🪨

[radiant latch]

A roadster or a corvette would be my dream whips

[wispy talon]

for reference Ed White's outside-hatch time was ~23 mins

[twilit kelp]

Thought isaacman was supposed to be 12

[wispy talon]

oh?

[fringe field]

yeah same

[wispy talon]

maybe he tried ingressing faster to let gills catch the sunset?

[tulip pollen]

or they changed the timeline

[wispy talon]

yeah that's prbly more likely

[radiant latch]

What are the egresses time for both EVs?

respectively

[wispy talon]

as in total outside-hatch times?

~7 mins each

[radiant latch]

si

[wispy talon]

^

[radiant latch]

ah orale

[iron swift]

suits depressed

[clever plover]

It went?

[iron swift]

it is complete

[twilit kelp]

just like me for real hehe

[radiant latch]

"So nice- space!"

wraps it up

gn/gm

[random spear]

they did it??

[iron swift]

yup

[radiant latch]

yup

It literally just ended 70 seconds ago

[random spear]

thank god

so insanely glad it went safely

[radiant latch]

Concur, are they gonna have another one in this flight?

am not sure

[fringe field]

no

they are not

they have limited oxygen and other consumables

[radiant latch]

ah makes sense

[iron swift]

seat rotation

webcast concludes

what a fucking! mission

[wispy talon]

Rook did in fact break the hatch motor

but otherwise it was perfect from a technical sense

[fickle elm]

I mean they could even do it with Dragon or any other ISS compatible craft by launching support module to rendezvous with it. one with an airlock, a robot arm, and extra life support supplies

[wispy talon]

😭

[pure harbor]

God I'm so glad this went well, I can't imagine if I had to wake up to a "bad" situation

[random spear]

what💀

[wispy talon]

yanked on it a bit too hard and the poor bastard got atomized

[fickle elm]

so can SpaceX sell these proven EVA suits for mega bucks now?

[wispy talon]

when there's a market for them IG

[fringe field]

can someone confirm that that did in fact just happen

[clever plover]

What the spacewalk

[wispy talon]

i mean probably

or not

maybe you need to wake up and take your meds

wake up

wake up

jokes aside yes that happened

[fierce lake]

Am I dreaming

[iron swift]

the memes have kicked in full-force

[wispy talon]

oh my god the green-screen is perfect

[iron swift]

people are comparing

dragon

to the fucking titan submersible

the fucking ap tweet on god

[wispy talon]

ignore them

genuinely not worth your time

[iron swift]

Spacewalking is the new domain of the rich

[wispy talon]

genuinely
not
worth
the time

[iron swift]

How I wish hell existed after reading the comments to this idiotic headline.

[wispy talon]

badly worded headlines man

yeah

[twilit kelp]

Yeah my mom did that it sucked

[wispy talon]

usually the articles themselves are pretty decent

but the headlines...

the headlines.......

[iron swift]

oh yeah what about the whole doritos thing

let's see how the oh so scary socialist newspaper here report on the mission

[wispy talon]

i mean won't it just be "rich people are bad memememememememe"

no offense to socialists here ig but that's how y'all's newspapers are
i stand corrected

[iron swift]

oh right i forgot the floods are still ongoing

[iron swift]

surprisingly, not at all

[wispy talon]

oh?

[iron swift]

they still do the usual billionaire this billionaire that

but other than that the articles are generally very neutral

[wispy talon]

oh

interesting

[twilit kelp]

I forgot about the Doritos lol

[iron swift]

latest article about PD from "the most read newspaper in vietnam" is this one

the headline is pretty much just "spacex launches first private spacewalk mission"

there's basically nothing that could even be remotely interpreted as a personal opinion in the article

unfortunately there's no mention of st. jude but other than that

it's about as neutral and informative article as it gets

im gonna have a look at the ap article (ik i shouldnt be giving them clicks)

oh god

[wispy talon]

there wasn't mention of it in reuters either

which is unfortunate

[steady vessel]

WSJ has a good article

[iron swift]

my god is every article from ap covering this mission gonna have "tech billionaire" in its headline

[wispy talon]

yes

no one knows who isaacman is so they have to say that to garner attention

[iron swift]

omg lmao https://x.com/xdnibor/status/1834190152274420068

Robin (@xdNiBoR) on X

🚨BREAKING 🚨

SpaceX has a hole in their spacecraft the size of a hatch.
It's rumored that at least 2 crew members have exited the craft from this hole.

Twitter · Sep 12, 2024, 11:19 AM

[twilit kelp]

Lmao

[rough tide]

Maybe

[hushed dirge]

And so I have

[radiant latch]

Ahhh I couldn't sleep

I'm still amped up

[wispy talon]

[floral oxide]

Russian-tier manufacturing defect

[past saddle]

Shit did I miss it?

[ashen pebble]

no definitely not

[dense cargo]

nah it’s lifting off in 5 mins

[floral oxide]

yes

[past saddle]

RIP

[ashen pebble]

real

[past saddle]

I saw Green Day in concert last night though so

Worth it

[twilit kelp]

Lmao https://vxtwitter.com/LMadgit/status/1834216851989045250

[quaint lance]

smh Jared reminded me of Biden waving to the void

EVA lore:
https://youtu.be/zgN373ZDtJg

[quaint lance]

EVA gameplay:

[sleek stratus]

so uh yeah not that mobile

Sorry wait did I hear them call out a suit temperature of 34C

with little physical activity

in the dark

[copper bridge]

That's awesome! Where?

[past saddle]

Arlington, TX

[floral oxide]

It is the start of a capability

[wanton abyss]

I have the concepts of a capability

[void hemlock]

oh my fucking god...

[distant hemlock]

I love space news so much

[twilit kelp]

Lmao what

[void hemlock]

I just read it and... I have no fucking clue what the "crime" they claim was committed is...

[distant hemlock]

GAME OVER!

[void hemlock]

In 1967, 111 countries around the world signed up to the Outer Space Treaty, which governs everything in space exploration from who is responsible for space junk, to who owns Neil Armstrong's Moon poops. According to Tomasso Sgobba, executive director of the Netherlands-based International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety, the private Polaris Dawn mission may fall foul of one part of the treaty.

“This is a mission which violates Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty,” Sgobba told Al Jazeera. “It’s a well-known issue, which of course has a history.”

The part of the law that the mission may fall outside of relates to activities in space conducted by non-governmental agencies, such as private missions, which were not a thing when the treaty was first created.

"States Parties to the Treaty shall bear international responsibility for national activities in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, whether such activities are carried on by governmental agencies or by non-governmental entities, and for assuring that national activities are carried out in conformity with the provisions set forth in the present Treaty," the treaty reads.

"The activities of non-governmental entities in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, shall require authorization and continuing supervision by the appropriate State Party to the Treaty. When activities are carried on in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, by an international organization, responsibility for compliance with this Treaty shall be borne both by the international organization and by the States Parties to the Treaty participating in such organization."

This part of the treaty puts the responsibility for the mission onto the country of origin for the mission. As the Polaris Dawn mission is being run by American company SpaceX, that makes the responsible party the US government. However, the government's various branches want no part in guaranteeing the safety of the privately-run mission.

“Under federal law, the FAA is prohibited from issuing regulations for commercial human spaceflight occupant safety," the Federal Aviation Agency told Al Jazeera. While they will not certify any missions, they do, however, certify the rockets and spacecraft that can be used in private and governmental space flights.

[wispy talon]

I'm very confused here.

I mean, technically NASA let the launch go ahead

And plus, this is an extreme technicality.

[wanton abyss]

It's some rando site quoting al jazeera. disregard

[twilit kelp]

Woah https://x.com/truthful_ast/status/1834256853221433470?s=61

Truthful🛰️ (@Truthful_ast) on X

Gemini 11 and Polaris Dawn on this exact day, 58 years apart.

Twitter · Sep 12, 2024, 3:44 PM

[wispy talon]

AHHHHH

[random spear]

it looks like a wagyu steak

[quaint lance]

lmfao that wording
https://fixupx.com/teslaownersSV/status/1834212955157623047

[twilit kelp]

The first in over a half a century 💀💀💀

Wild

[ashen pebble]

INCREDIBLE

[twilit kelp]

I agree with this https://x.com/Orbital_Perigee/status/1834185456050684036

Perigee | commissions open (@Orbital_Perigee) on X

I don’t care who you are isaccman is astronaut. This clearly isn’t just a joyride, this is legitimate testing of a real prototype suit.

Twitter · Sep 12, 2024, 11:01 AM

The crew of Polaris Dawn are astronauts

[ashen pebble]

isaacman is astronaut

[twilit kelp]

I say they all are

They’re all testing some thing new in some way

https://x.com/polarisprogram/status/1834286327891984474?s=46&t=rXA87PiqtSm7nodkGbHNPA

Polaris (@PolarisProgram) on X

Hello Earth -

We are so grateful for all the support! Please enjoy two recent photos from our mission and stay tuned for our next message 🎶

Sent to you from space over a beam of Starlink laser light 🛰️ - Crew of Polaris Dawn

Twitter · Sep 12, 2024, 5:41 PM

[ashen pebble]

they are all astronaut

[floral oxide]

If you go to orbit you're an astronaut lmao

just career astronaut vs non career astronaut

Isaacman may eventually be called a career astronaut through future Polaris missions tbh

[ashen pebble]

he is astronaut

[sleek stratus]

an astronaut and a space tourist

[floral oxide]

and the SX employee can also be called career astronaut, just non-governmental (it's not the first time companies sent astronaut, happened under the shuttle for a few companies, and RKK energiya had their own cosmonauts)

[dense cargo]

sarah gillis so goated

[sleek stratus]

yeah the rest of em didn’t pay for the privilege afaik

[dense cargo]

yeah isaacman covers all the costs really

[tulip pollen]

thats actually pretty cool

[worn laurel]

i thought we were calling them polarionauts

[sleek stratus]

we will not be adopting further prefixes to “naut” for spacefarers

[hushed garden]

privonauts

[wispy talon]

anyone who disagrees with this is objectively wrong

they trained for years, are all either pilots, engineers or some other relevant specialist, and the three and aren't billionaires didn't pay for their seats; they were chosen

so

[random spear]

professional non-career astro maybe

depends whether they’re in some sort of spx astro corps now or not

[wanton abyss]

THIS IS NOT DIFFICULT GODDAMMIT

COMMERCIAL/PRIVATE ASTRONAUTS, ALL FOUR

STOP OVERCOMPLICATING THINFS

[twilit kelp]

https://tenor.com/view/splish-splash-loop-gif-19806999

[void hemlock]

[radiant latch]

jared has seen shit

he has the Sergey Krikalyov face

having gone to space so many times

[twilit kelp]

He looks like he just heard “picture time!” And popped his head up right as it was taken

[dense cargo]

i swear he always looks distraught in every picture

[tulip pollen]

this gif is great lmao

[radiant latch]

this is kinda what I mean haha

[twilit kelp]

He does 😭

[sleek stratus]

oh my god they’re coming for us

[random spear]

https://x.com/PolarisProgram/status/1834525088726634721

Polaris (@PolarisProgram) on X

Twitter · Sep 13, 2024, 9:30 AM

huh?

[eager yarrow]

Teaser for the Starlink demo

[molten tundra]

I’m guessing stream on Starlink laser in 2 hours and it’s gonna be the crew playing instruments in space

[iron swift]

@wispy talon vnexpress mentioned the st. jude fundraising part of the mission!!!!!

and the article didnt even mention “billionaire” once!!!!!!!!

big w for scary socialist newspaper!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wispy talon]

oh hey

w

[iron swift]

they even mentioned it being part of both pd and i4

[eager yarrow]

https://fixupx.com/PolarisProgram/status/1834557770374296010

[twilit kelp]

They made this real

[tulip pollen]

https://x.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1834575729197027572?t=3dWNqldMw_7QmlQTiueP6A&s=33

John Kraus (@johnkrausphotos) on X

SpaceX is turning dreams and renders into reality

Twitter · Sep 13, 2024, 12:51 PM

that's pretty cool

[idle jackal]

Ok so, I don't want to be that guy but, Thomas Pesquet already did this in wayyyy more beautiful

[noble wind]

tons of astronauts have played music in space before

This might be the first for the violin tho

[past saddle]

There's also Chris Hadfield's Space Oddity video of course

But it's still cool to see more of it

[floral oxide]

I think it is

lots of guitarists and keyboard/piano and wind instrument players, but I can't remmeber a violinist

She should have played the violin in EVA

[noble wind]

This but unironically

[floral oxide]

actually if the violin was exposed to the vacuum this may be a first time an instrument is exposed to the vacuum of space in orbit

[tulip pollen]

also thats just pointless

[clever plover]

That probably did a number on the tuning 🥴

[past saddle]

If we're just talking about music in space in general rather than music videos then there was also some stuff all the way back in the Space Race era. I can't remember which mission it was but there was a crew that brought jingle bells for Christmas up there, and one of the Apollo missions played Fly Me to the Moon on harmonica while on the actual Moon.

[noble wind]

Not pointless, it would look sick af

[clever plover]

Yeah

[tulip pollen]

it would look cool but thats about it tbf

[clever plover]

Although ig wrist movement in those suits is quiestionable

And also fingering

[noble wind]

A modified violin

[clever plover]

Dammit

[past saddle]

Bring a geiger counter on EVA and then pipe the sounds into a synthesizer or something to make music

[twilit kelp]

I love these memes

[wispy talon]

they are gold

[iron swift]

brooooo 😭😭😭😭😭

[noble wind]

Actually

Oleg Artemyev played the violen in the ISS in 2022

[rough tide]

Was it not exposed when the cabin was depressed

[floral oxide]

oh thanks!

[rough tide]

Small

[distant hemlock]

So when is splashdown?

[twilit kelp]

I was about to make the “if only there was an app for that” joke and then realized it’s not on the app

[distant hemlock]

Yeah it isnt

[iron swift]

if only there was an app for that

[woeful ruin]

15th

[wispy talon]

The Gemini 6 guys had jingle bells and a harmonica,
and I think Apollo 10 played Fly Me to the Moon, but I'm 90% sure that was a tape recorder

[eager yarrow]

Now added

[past saddle]

Ah makes sense, thank you

[quaint lance]

AYOOO THOMAS DID IT?

I need da link

[idle jackal]

He did it at a lot of occasions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVzmHlBG6BI

[quaint lance]

Also Lopez-Alegria played synthesizer in collab with someone on the surface ☝️

[quaint lance]

tho I meant the one from Cupola

[idle jackal]

He played La Marseillaise (our National Anthem) 😎

[quaint lance]

goes hard

[solar gulch]

BTW marine navigation warnings filed for splashdown shows all planned landing opportunities to be at late night Eastern Time, for the 15th it's something like ~1:30 am, ~3:30 am & ~5:30 am EDT

[random spear]

that’s a crazy amount of coordination

[random spear]

i love how they still have a USSR sticker up

[wispy talon]

Nuh uh
Guy Bluford pioneered the space saxophone

[remote gazelle]

do we know what time splashdown should be at?

[solar gulch]

#1273879912557842433 message

[astral apex]

TFRs have been trimmed down to just two: Tortuga and Tampa. These are the times for the TFR windows set for September 15th

• Tortuga: 3:22AM EDT to 5:52AM EDT (07:22 UTC to 09:52 UTC)
• Tampa: 3:38AM EDT to 6:08AM EDT (07:38 UTC to 10:08 UTC)

[fickle elm]

Sarah Gillis brought a violin up into orbit? awesome

[broken oak]

well, if it is in the video lmao

[eager yarrow]

https://x.com/SpaceOffshore/status/1835049556959973696

Gav Cornwell (@SpaceOffshore) on X

Polaris Dawn splashdown targeting offshore near Dry Tortugas (north west of Key West) in the Gulf of Mexico.

Waiting for SpaceX to confirm the return is still on for tonight, given it's less than 12 hours until the return window opens.

Twitter · Sep 14, 2024, 8:14 PM

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1835054184892448779

SpaceX (@SpaceX) on X

Dragon and the @PolarisProgram Polaris Dawn astronauts are set to return to Earth and splash down off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida on Sunday, September 15 at 3:36 a.m. ET → https://t.co/WpSw0gzeT0

Twitter · Sep 14, 2024, 8:33 PM

[woeful ruin]

I would like to thank Jared Issacman for fucking up my eep schedule

[elfin patio]

Sad. I was hoping to have to wake up at 2 AM and watch it fly overhead like Crew 7.

[iron swift]

wait holy shit it’s today??

[elfin patio]

Well, tomorrow today, but yes. 3:36 EST IIRC

[solar gulch]

In 4 hours

[solar gulch]

https://x.com/planet4589/status/1835107559948128391

Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) on X

The new actual TLE is very close to the speculative one I postulated yesterday and indeed goes right over the planned Torturga splashdown area.

Twitter · Sep 15, 2024, 12:05 AM

Looks like Cancun beachgoers will have the prime seat

[elfin patio]

The Crew 7 entry was like... well... freaking awesome.

(I even heard the sonic booms... in KANSAS)

[random spear]

at 2am??

[sharp cairn]

SpaceX live for re-entry and splashdown

5 minutes to deorbit sequence start

Deorbit burn in progress

https://fixupx.com/SpaceX/status/1835207857408786714

Deorbit burn complete, initiating nosecone close

[fringe field]

When's the trunk drop?

[sharp cairn]

Happened earlier

nosecone closing

[iron swift]

and there goes the view

[eager yarrow]

Currently still happens before the deorbit burn, but starting with Crew-10, they'll be separated after the deorbit burn

That'll also be when Dragon recovery moves back to the West Coast

[quaint lance]

literally took them 10+ missions to realize the issue

[fringe field]

How long can they stay in orbit without the trunk if something prevents the de-orbit burn

[iron swift]

nosecone fully closed

[fringe field]

Didn't Soyuz eject the orbital module for a while?

[void hemlock]

yes

Shenzhou also currently does it

[quaint lance]

I mean the topic was about Dragon's trunk

and the issue they realized was that uncontrolled debris can surprisingly land in a random areas, the knowledge obviously no one knew before

[sharp cairn]

5 minutes to comms blackout

Blackout period begun, should last 6-7 minutes

First views

Recovery ship view

[short basalt]

These are some sick views

[sharp cairn]

Comm blackout over

Drogue deploy

Four good mains

[radiant latch]

always that one chute lol

[sharp cairn]

400

200

Splashdown!

[radiant latch]

Sierra delta

[iron swift]

my feed is so behind omg

[hushed dirge]

Welcome home amigos

[sharp cairn]

Drone view

Really cool views from this drone

and now I'll sleep

[vale gust]

Goodnight

i thought you never sleep

[queen barn]

[ Credit: SpaceX ]

[iron swift]

omg

[eager yarrow]

https://fixupx.com/SpaceX/status/1835259067993845836

https://fixupx.com/SpaceX/status/1835259275276595237

[quaint lance]

SpX bros coping
https://fixupx.com/cb_doge/status/1835254269814948241

fixupx almost fit the whole tweet, there's "No recognition." left

[sharp cairn]

https://polarisprogram.com/polaris-dawn-crew-returns-to-earth-achieving-major-objectives-during-their-five-day-mission/

Splashdown exact time 3:36:54 AM EDT

[quaint lance]

since when did they change a pattern?

[quaint lance]

between Crew-6 and Crew-7 as someone pointed out in a different chat

[eager yarrow]

https://x.com/PolarisProgram/status/1835768528823324842

Polaris (@PolarisProgram) on X

Join the Polaris Dawn crew Tuesday at ~12:15pm ET for a live Spaces event to discuss their mission to space, which included the first commercial spacewalk, an Earth-orbit altitude record of 1,408.1 kilometers, tests of @Starlink, and ~36 science and research experiments

Twitter · Sep 16, 2024, 7:51 PM

[fickle elm]

https://x.com/i/spaces/1YpKkljzdnwGj

[fickle elm]

"being out in space doesn't feel peaceful it feels like a hostile environment"

• Isaacman

"it was dark. I wasn't able to see shit"

• Gillis

(okay she didn't say it in those exact words but close enough)

she barely saw the blue arc of the earth

"vision changes in space. we wore special contact lenses measuring eye pressure"

• Menon

[twilit kelp]

💀

[fickle elm]

"we were fortunate to have Jared who's been through this before. he was able to give us commands and tell us what to expect during things like MECO"

• Poteet

[random spear]

huh

kinda surprising ngl

[random spear]

the eva timing was wack ngl

[fickle elm]

he compared it to being in extreme environments on earth

[random spear]

night EVA to see the sights over POINT NEMO??????

[fickle elm]

you've gotta prepare

[random spear]

i mean yeah fair point

[fickle elm]

that violin playing was so cool

there was lots of prep to get it space rated, as you would expect

reminds me of scenes from Gundam SEED

music in space to inspire the world

Q&A now. I'll tune out here

[sleek stratus]

skill issue on the suit I think

[wispy talon]

(Still pissed off about that bad timing btw. She deserved the Blue.)

[wispy talon]

it's definitely an either-or with astronauts who've been outside of the spacecraft

Everyone who's been on the Moon, or done Deep-Space EVAs back during the Apollo days described it as peaceful or overwhelming
Shatner didn't go EVA but he described it as both beautiful and horrifying

I geuss the Overview Effect can be both positive and negative

[wild kite]

hey that's what the captain said in three body problem

[fickle elm]

https://youtube.com/shorts/RaztA75ge1A?si=oMmY-0qwMY_7qAC6

Tim 🔥

[fickle elm]

oh yeah? 😂

[queen barn]

[ Credit: NSF SpaceCoast Live ]

[remote gazelle]

cwispy dragon

[void hemlock]

https://fixupx.com/spacex/status/1839716079981236410

[short basalt]

https://youtu.be/5_DZtCYhdXc?si=PfMcUSVGv4tWg0p-

[wispy talon]

at least they remembered their YT channel for this one

[rough tide]

Ywah

[sleek stratus]

I love that they left onboard audio in from the firing

[rough tide]

I thought it was a part of the music at first

[eager yarrow]

https://x.com/planet4589/status/1840457881449119944

Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) on X

Updated TIP for P-Dawn Trunk: reentry predicted between Sunday 1940 UTC and 2340 UTC. That reentry window opens in a bit over an hour from now.

Twitter · Sep 29, 2024, 6:25 PM

Trunk is coming down later today

[rough tide]

Was it seen?

[wispy talon]

it's a sign

maybe Apollo will finally have a successor that undone E mission, sixty years later

[elfin patio]

lol I just about had a heat attack before I realized that this was an impersonator.

[astral apex]

Certify Falcon Heavy for crew flights and push a Dragon around the Moon. Even if it means making the heatshield thick af

[random spear]

i wonder how hard it would be

and it would include eva suits maybe

[sleek stratus]

Big action items include making the heatshield thick af, making sure the thermal control system can manage continuous sunlight, adding more consumables, extending the life support functional duration from about a week to about two weeks, giving the astronauts something better to do than stare at plain white walls, and adding an antenna that can yell a lot louder and listen harder

[wanton abyss]

the actual heatshield is fine, pretty much just need to upgrade the less protected sides

[wanton abyss]

not at all if SpaceX wasn't like totally unwilling to do it nowadays probably

[sleek stratus]

Maybe for dragon 1 or very early versions it was but they’ve since shaved that thing down quite a lot

[wanton abyss]

CD's heatshield was designed from the start to handle lunar reentry

[sleek stratus]

Crew dragon was also designed from the start to do other things that didn’t make it to the final version

[wanton abyss]

legs and seven seats is basically it

[sleek stratus]

(at least, this is from me asking around when I was there. Used to be more than an inch thick now it’s like a half or a quarter according to one of the testing leads)

[sleek stratus]

and more windows, and using propulsive landing as the primary recovery mode, and seemingly having a heat shield thick enough for lunar reentry

[wanton abyss]

okay let's put it this way

there are zero showstoppers other than ones of SpaceX and NASA's own making

[sleek stratus]

I can agree with that wholeheartedly but you can see how that’s kind of obvious right

if not it’s that ||the entire vehicle is of their own making||

[twilit kelp]

I thought the seven seats were still an optional thing

[sleek stratus]

They say it is, I’m guessing if you’re not big fans of your bones

[void hemlock]

Has SpaceX done tests of Crew Dragon with 7 seats?

because that capability would have been really useful for Crew-9...

[random spear]

iirc if they do 7 seats you can’t take any cargo with tou

and the design has probably forked enough from when that was the plan that it would be way more trouble than it’s worth

[void hemlock]

Ooh

[quaint lance]

ye

AFAIK 7 seats were designed for propulsive landing primary, but stuff happened and they swithed to parachutes and that required to change angles of the seats (and that's what caused them to keep 4 atm)

[worn laurel]

propulsive landing dragon moon lander (ascent sold seperately)

[fringe field]

google gray dragon

(SpaceX)

[quaint lance]

gay dragon

(don't google it, it's not SpaceX)

[astral apex]

Bad dragon, google that

[twilit kelp]

[fringe field]

as a furry, [I have been advised not to continue this]

[quaint lance]

OH GOD ALEX

[twilit kelp]

Why does this surprise you

[rough tide]

Whar

[fickle elm]

"bad dragon" okay I will try!

whoa