It’s the saddest moment of my life.”
The risk is greater than zero, that's for sure, and it's certainly higher than anything that has been accomplished on a commercial basis,
The Polaris Dawn spacewalk is now complete, marking the first time commercial astronauts have completed a spacewalk from a commercial spacecraft,
Today’s spacewalk is the first extravehicular activity (EVA) using commercially developed hardware, procedures, and the new SpaceX EVA suit,
Today’s success represents a giant leap forward for the commercial space industry and @NASA's long-term goal to build a vibrant U.S. space economy,
Back at home we all have a lot of work to do but from here, Earth sure looks like a perfect world,
Commander @rookisaacman has egressed Dragon and is going through the first of three suit mobility tests that will test overall hand body control, vertical movement with Skywalker, and foot restraint,
Building a base on the Moon and a city on Mars will require thousands of spacesuits. The development of this suit, and the EVA performed on this mission, will be important steps toward a scalable design for spacesuits on future long-duration missions."
The third test evaluates using a foot restraint. Jared and Sarah will gauge difficulty in getting in and out of the restraint, how easily they can move their body, the ease with which they can maintain position while hands free or using tools, and recovery from a single foot disengaging,
The second test assesses the crew’s ability to move up and down using Skywalker. @rookisaacman and @Gillis_SarahE will use both the horizontal and vertical bars and gauge their maximum reach,
This sure looks like a perfect world,
This is another watershed event in the march toward commercialization of space for transportation,
It'll look like we're doing a little bit of a dance,
The first spacewalk from dragon has begun!"
Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis will perform the same series of actions and, after re-entering Dragon, close the spacecraft's hatch,
All systems are looking good for the Polaris Dawn crew to perform the first spacewalk from Dragon today
Developed with mobility in mind, SpaceX teams incorporated new materials, fabrication processes, and novel joint designs to provide greater flexibility to astronauts in pressurized scenarios while retaining comfort for unpressurized scenarios,
It means the US government must take into consideration that it, too, should not do the things it does not like other countries doing. That’s why this treaty will [continue] to be successful,
So a compromise was made for private companies, subject to the permission, authorisation, supervision and responsibility of their respective states, and this is fundamental,
The treaty is more valid today, and should be valid tomorrow,