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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — President Trump is expected to return to Kennedy Place Center for Saturday’s launch attempt. He’s set to give a speech afterward, and once again that raises questions about whether NASA would feel compelled to go ahead with the mission given the high-profile attention.
In a news conference here Friday, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine went out of his way to say that under no circumstances would compel a launch if conditions are not right. He pointed to Wednesday, when the launch was called off because for bad weather, as proof. “We have all been in agreement there will be no pressure,” he said. “We will launch when we are ready. And I will tell you, the President and the Vice President were proud of the NASA team and the SpaceX team for making the right call for the right reasons. … We will go when we are ready. Safety is the biggest priority.” Deputy NASA Administrator Jim Morhard paraphrased Deke Slayton, the legendary NASA astronaut and director of flight crew operations, and added: “A good scrub is better than a bad lunch any day.”‘It has to look like the future:’ SpaceX’s new spacesuits make their first mission Cape Canaveral, Fla. — Let’s face it, spacesuits are often pretty ugly. During the shuttle era, NASA outfitted its astronauts in orange suits derided as “pumpkin suits” that astronauts complained made them look like traffic cones., they went in an entirely different direction. Its suits are sleek and modern, a new look for a new age. “This is a spacesuit every space tourist wants to wear,” said Robin Givhan, The Post’s fashion critic. “It is social-media friendly, you want to take selfies in that. Even the way the helmet is designed, with that black facade, is a little intimidating, but full Darth Vader.” Musk said that the suit has to be practical, first and foremost. But the aesthetics played a big role, too.
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