How Polaris Dawn Will Do The First Commercial Spacewalk!
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I got to speak with the crew of Polaris Dawn to learn more about their exciting mission including the features of the brand new SpaceX EVA suit and all the d...
  • doomi@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Interesting facts from the video:

    • 100% oxygen only in the suits, not in the capsule
    • suit pressure above 5 PSI. The suits have to be pretty good to keep mobility with this pressure!
    • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Great interview, this tech demo is going to neat to hear the results.

      I was really curious how they fit an airlock in the capsule, but then they started talking about the whole thing being depressurized.

      Then using the EVA suit as the IVA suit?

      They’re really going all in on this, hope nothing goes wrong, cause there’s not a lot of room for error. Even with all the redundancy.

      Would be outstanding if they are really able to service Hubble after they get the tech worked out.

  • ptfrd@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    23:23 “Most of the IVA suits have an inseam zipper …”

    Just checking that everyone (who wants to) has seen this in action. Here’s Sultan Al Neyadi putting on his IVA suit without assistance while on the ISS. (32:49 to 38:12.)

    Is anyone aware of a better video of the suit than that?