Jared Isaacman and three crew members on SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission conducted the first-ever private spacewalk, marking a historic achievement. While celebrated for this milestone, the mission also contributes to scientific research, focusing on human health and the effects of spaceflight.
SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission, in which billionaire Jared Isaacman and three other crew members traveled to space in a Crew Dragon, has made headlines for including the first-ever private spacewalk . While the flight has been hailed as historic for that reason, Isaaman has said that the trip is not merely for fun but is making contributions to science as well.
It’s not just about understanding the effects of either microgravity or radiation exposure or isolation and confinement — it’s about understanding the cumulative stresses on the body that going to space entails. The breadth of humanity While proponents of space tourism argue that it is increasing access to space, even democratizing space access, that can be hard to swallow when the only people going to space are billionaires like Isaacman and their friends.
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