@llamacoffee to [email protected]English • 1 month agoFirst SpaceX spacewalk: Polaris Dawn mission launch date, detailswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square13arrow-up152arrow-down11
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-linkFirst SpaceX spacewalk: Polaris Dawn mission launch date, detailswww.cnbc.com@llamacoffee to [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square13
minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglish2•28 days agoIt 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???
minus-squarePennomilinkEnglish2•28 days agoYes, but the microgravity plus radiation environment makes for a fundamentally different thing than testing in a lab!
It makes sense that the astronauts would need time to adapt to the pressure difference, but…
Surely they’ve been tested on earth before launch???
Yes, but the microgravity plus radiation environment makes for a fundamentally different thing than testing in a lab!