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First SpaceX spacewalk: Polaris Dawn mission launch date, details (www.cnbc.com)

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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I believe that’s correct. This allows the astronauts to adjust to the pressure changes (they operate far, far below 1 atm) as well as abort if anything goes wrong with the suits. This is the first test of these suits after all.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It 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???

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Yes, but the microgravity plus radiation environment makes for a fundamentally different thing than testing in a lab!