The actual launch will probably take a while, after the launch failure, right?
I'd expect a launch stop of multiple months for now.
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They might resume Starlink launches later this week, but yeah, crewed launches are off the table for some time now.
Thanks for posting. I suggest considering adding "Unofficial" to the title of this post.
As far as I know these EVA suits aren't going to be tested sans people, and that gives me the creeps!
They've propably been in a vacuum chamber before no?
They have, and that seems to be the industry standard. I don't expect issues. But you can't test everything in a full gravity vacuum chamber and SpaceX has never made an EVA suit before.
I'm sure the depressurization process includes tons of safety measures and tests, but I'm still creeped out by a tourist flight being this experimental!
Depressurization is also quite slow in order to gradually test the capabilities of the suit. If there are any anomalies, they can simply abort.