I LOVE that already there are enough commercial space missions happening that it’s easy to get confused which one is which! The more the merrier imo :)
And Polaris Dawn is actually going to be doing something interesting - testing brand new EVA suits, possibly in preparation for future service missions.
The other mission is only interesting because no humans have flown a polar orbit yet. That’s more of a tourism first than an engineering/science benefit.
Was this the one that was also going on a basically polar orbit?
I LOVE that already there are enough commercial space missions happening that it’s easy to get confused which one is which! The more the merrier imo :)
No, that’s this one, funded by a crypto billionaire, announced a week ago and launching in ~4 months.
Polaris Dawn is funded by a payments processing billionaire, announced 2.5 years ago, and launching this month.
And Polaris Dawn is actually going to be doing something interesting - testing brand new EVA suits, possibly in preparation for future service missions.
The other mission is only interesting because no humans have flown a polar orbit yet. That’s more of a tourism first than an engineering/science benefit.
They will go through the Van Allen Belt to study the radiation there and the first commercial EVA ever !
This is a huge milestone for SpaceX and commercial space exploration.