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Tuesday will mark the launch of the first Polaris mission, commanded by Billionaire Jared Isaacman, who was also the commander of the Inspiration4 mission back in 2021.
Joining him are former USAF Lieutenant Colonel Scott Poteet (mission pilot), SpaceX Sarah Gillis (mission specialist 1) and SpaceX Anna Menon (mission specialist 2).
On day one they will enter an ecliptic 190x1400 km orbit, the highest apogee ever for a non-lunar mission surpassing Gemini 11.
On day 3 they will reduce the apogee at 700km and perform a spacewalk. The Dragon cabin will fully depressurize and they will test SpaceX experimental EVA suits. On day 4 they will test starlink coms and on day 5 they will make their preparations to return to Earth.
Pics of the crew along the Dragon Capsule, it was rolled out at Launchpad 39A a few hours ago.
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Modern spacesuits are SO fricking cool
Can they spacewalk in those or are they cabin only?
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They'll use it for a spacewalk. Those are SpaceX's experimental EVA suits.
Two of them (Isaacman and Gillis) will perform the spacewalk, while the other two (Poteet and Menon) will remain inside the cabin. However because Dragon doesn't have an airlock, the two crewmembers inside will be wearing the suits as well while being exposed to the vacuum (the cabin will depressurize).
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Does that mean they'll have to wear a diaper on the way back?
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No, they will re-pressurize the cabin after the spacewalk and there's a potty inside
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They should just add a zipper so they can just piss outside. Would get rid of need for indoor potty. I can't believe the supposed master of efficiency didn't think of this
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