Spaceflight 🚀Mar 19, 2024

Where to book and what else to consider for your private #spaceflight 🚀 https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Space

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Space – Travel guide at Wikivoyage

Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Mar 22, 2024

#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/

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Health Research Is Needed Now before Sending Civilians to Space

Now is the time to protect the health and safety of civilians who will be traveling, living and working in the dangerous environment of space

Scientific American
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Mar 22, 2024

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/

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#HumanSpaceflightHealth

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 ...

PubMed Central (PMC)
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀

"No #astronauts 👨‍🚀 have ever viewed Earth from the vantage point of a polar orbit. Such orbits are favored by commercial photo-reconnaissance satellites 🛰️ because they fly over the entire planet as it rotates beneath them." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-to-launch-bitcoin-entrepreneur-and-three-crewmates-on-flight-around-earths-poles/

Maybe they see more than the #HiRes cams with their 👓 ❓🤔

#Fram2 #HumanSpaceflight #SpaceRobot #SpaceTourism

SpaceX to launch bitcoin entrepreneur and three crewmates on flight around Earth's poles

The historic, privately financed space flight will carry humans above Earth's ice caps for the first time.

Aug 13, 2024 at 10:43pmWeb
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Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Mar 22, 2024

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/

#SpaceTourism
#HumanSpaceflightHealth

Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Apr 12, 2024

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/

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Forget jet lag, it's time to start worrying about space lag

With commercial space holidays set to boom, scientists are warning that travelling by rocket could play havoc with our genes

The Telegraph
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Apr 22, 2024

"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

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NASA’s plans for the end of the ISS: private space stations and hotels with an Earth view

With nearly a quarter century of history behind it, the international space station probably won’t make it into the next decade

EL PAÍS English
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀May 17, 2024

🇨🇳 #CAS Space said that its vehicle will include a tourist cabin that has four panoramic windows and can carry seven passengers per flight. The company plans to arrange a launch 🚀 every 100 hours from a newly-built aerospace theme park, with ten vehicles available to take tourists to the edge of space 🌌 in shifts.
Tickets will cost $415,127 💵 per person per trip https://www.reuters.com/science/chinese-state-backed-company-launch-space-tourism-flights-by-2028-2024-05-17/

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Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Jun 16, 2024

#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 Space Rescue Service? Calls grow to create a quick response force for astronauts in distress.

As more people head into orbit, time is running out to establish a group to help space travelers who run into trouble.

POLITICO
Show threadWolf480plJun 16, 2024

@spaceflight
> 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

International Docking System Standard - Wikipedia

Show threadThe Queen of Weltschmerz🏳️‍⚧️Jun 16, 2024
@spaceflight Didn’t we already have one?
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Jun 16, 2024
@rebelrebel62 On April 29, 2002, #NASA announced that it was cancelling the CRV and X-38 programs, due to budget pressures associated with other elements of the #ISS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_Return_Vehicle#Cancellation
Crew Return Vehicle - Wikipedia

Show threadThe Queen of Weltschmerz🏳️‍⚧️Jun 16, 2024
@spaceflight Maybe it’s a use case for Dream Chaser?
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Jun 16, 2024
@rebelrebel62 for any more reliable vehicle than Starliner 🙄, but it needs to be ready to launch
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Jun 16, 2024
@rebelrebel62 last year #NASA "asked #SpaceX a few questions on their capability to return additional crew members on Dragon if necessary, but that is not our prime focus at this time" https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/nasa-mulls-spacex-backup-plan-crew-russias-leaky-soyuz-ship-2022-12-28/
NASA mulls SpaceX backup plan for crew of Russia's leaky Soyuz ship

NASA is exploring whether SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft can potentially offer an alternative ride home for some crew members of the International Space Station after a Russian capsule sprang a coolant leak while docked to the orbital lab.

Reuters
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀May 1, 2024

The #ISS isolated strains were mutated and became genetically and functionally distinct compared to their #Earth counterparts. The strains were able to viably persist in the ISS over time with a significant abundance. E. bugandensis coexisted with multiple other #microorganisms 🦠, and in some cases could have helped those organisms survive. https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/ames/ames-science/ames-space-biosciences/multi-drug-resistant-bacteria-found-on-iss-mutating-to-become-functionally-distinct/

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Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria Found on ISS Mutating to Become Functionally Distinct - NASA

In a new scientific paper funded by an Ames Space Biology grant, Principal Investigator Dr. Kasthuri Venkateswaran of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory strains

NASA
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Jun 17, 2024
During a large #solar ☀️ energetic particle event, the #radiation ☢️ dosage an #astronaut 👨‍🚀 receives inside a #SpaceSuit could exceed 1,000 times 📈 the dosage someone on #Earth receives. That would exceed an astronaut’s recommended lifetime limit by 10 times. Once a forecaster detects 🔭 a #SolarFlare or #CME, the high-energy particles usually arrive to Earth in less than an hour ⏱️. But astronauts on the #Moon’s 🌙 surface would need more time than that to seek shelter. https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/space-weather-forecasting-needs-an-upgrade-to-protect-future-artemis-astronauts/
Space weather forecasting needs an upgrade to protect future Artemis astronauts

NASA has set its sights on the Moon, and establish a long-term presence there. But the Moon isn’t exactly a habitable place for people.

Astronomy Magazine
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Aug 13, 2024

"No #astronauts 👨‍🚀 have ever viewed Earth from the vantage point of a polar orbit. Such orbits are favored by commercial photo-reconnaissance satellites 🛰️ because they fly over the entire planet as it rotates beneath them." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-to-launch-bitcoin-entrepreneur-and-three-crewmates-on-flight-around-earths-poles/

Maybe they see more than the #HiRes cams with their 👓 ❓🤔

#Fram2 #HumanSpaceflight #SpaceRobot #SpaceTourism

SpaceX to launch bitcoin entrepreneur and three crewmates on flight around Earth's poles

The historic, privately financed space flight will carry humans above Earth's ice caps for the first time.

Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Sep 7, 2024

The fatality rate of people traveling in space is about 3%. That sounds low, but it's higher than extreme sports. Since 📆 1930, improvements in technology 🔧 and safety features have lowered the number of fatal 💀 accidents in the #aviation industry per million miles flown by a factor of 3,000 〽️ https://phys.org/news/2024-09-space-spacex-polaris-dawn-mission.html

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Space travel comes with risk—SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission will push the envelope further than ever

Space is an unnatural environment for humans. We can't survive unprotected in a pure vacuum for more than two minutes. Getting to space involves being strapped to a barely contained chemical explosion.

Phys.org
Show threadBerndSep 7, 2024
@spaceflight the current target rate for fatal accidents for human space flights is 1 in 270, which is an order of magnitude lower than 3%, but sitll ridiculously high compared to other means of transport. Starliner wouldn't even meet that modest goal.
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Sep 7, 2024
@hopfgeist with its “darn near-flawless” performance ? 🤔 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/boeings-starliner-crew-mission-returns-to-earth-but-its-astronauts-are-still/
Boeing’s Starliner Crew Mission Returns to Earth, but Its Astronauts Are Still in Space

Starliner’s first crewed test flight has concluded with a successful touchdown—and two astronauts still in orbit awaiting a different ride home

Scientific American