Spaceflight 🚀Where to book and what else to consider for your private #spaceflight 🚀 https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Space
#SpaceStations will be occupied by civilians as #tourists and employees. A “learning period” gives the industry considerable leeway to #experiment with humans 👨🚀. We need health ⚕️ #research now to protect future civilians in #space 🌌 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/health-research-is-needed-now-before-sending-civilians-to-space/
National Library of Medicine ⚕️ "As the scope of human #spaceflight expands, the risk ☣️ to space #travelers expands as well" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10485075/
Updates to the NASA human system risk management process for space exploration
This paper describes updates to NASA’s approach for assessing and mitigating spaceflight-induced risks to human health and performance. This approach continues to evolve to meet dynamically changing risk environments: lunar missions are currently ...
The team found that 91 per cent 📊 of genes were affected, with many switching on and off at the wrong time of day. “#SpaceTravel was once thought to be unachievable; however, the growth of the #SpaceIndustry means it is now a real possibility. In addition, new plans are in place for #UK 🇬🇧 #astronauts 👨🚀 going to the #ISS in 📆 2025 via the UK #SpaceAgency #Axiom programme.” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/18/jetlag-astronauts-travel-space-lag/
"The inflatable 🎈 structures are not as fragile as they might seem. They are constructed of a fabric similar to the Kevlar material used in bulletproof vests, and their multiple layers offer a good degree of #radiation ☢️ protection. There are plans to use them to build small hotels for #SpaceTourists." https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-03-06/nasas-plans-for-the-end-of-the-iss-private-space-stations-and-hotels-with-an-earth-view.html
#Politico 📆 11/02/2022 : Don’t count on being #rescued — by #NASA or the #SpaceForce, or even the company that built your private #spaceship.
#Seafaring ⛵ explorers traditionally sailed with #additional #ships, #Apollo missions included #redundant capsules that proved crucial in #saving the #Apollo13 astronauts. #Skylab had #rescue #rockets and #spacecraft on #standby for in-#orbit #emergencies https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/02/space-rescue-service-astronauts-00064633
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> A first step, it said, is ensuring all crewed spacecraft have common docking mechanisms so they can rendezvous in an emergency.
A lot of them already use IDSS / NDS, but wikipedia claims[1] that the ones on Dragon 2 and Starliner are active-only. If that's true, that'd be a problem during a rescue mission
Also, I don't understand why someone would install an active-only APAS derivative... is it that much cheaper than a dual-mode passive/active one?
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Docking_System_Standard
