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As much as many US "hawks" seems to want it, I think another cold war is one of the least desirable thing to start now.
As long as other nuclear powers exist - there will be cold wars. There are two alternatives... 1. Non-nuclear hot wars. 2. A single global authority.
> Demo-2 is the final major test for SpaceX’s human spaceflight system to be certified by NASA for operational crew missions to and from the International Space Station. The two astronauts along with the Falcon 9 will be docking with the ISS and then returning home. No crew swap is happening, which seems like a waste of energy. I get that SpaceX isn't "operationally certified", but is a crew swap inherently more risk…
Now they are flying on its successor capsule which is rated for much longer (iirc up to 110 days of) space operations. This allows NASA to extend the mission and lets the astronauts Hurley and Behnken help out on the ISS which are currently short on people iirc. They received training for this extended mission in the last few month.
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As much as many US "hawks" seems to want it, I think another cold war is one of the least desirable thing to start now.
As long as other nuclear powers exist - there will be cold wars. There are two alternatives... 1. Non-nuclear hot wars. 2. A single global authority.
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The space suit looks like it's made for a Halloween party. It looks kind of not flexible and fragile. The touch screen panel is surely very cool.
Elon has fascination for sci-fi aesthetics so no matter what, he is going to shoe horn it in. Sci-fi UI/UX was developed in a short time under pressure when movies were being made. The authors did not consider literally anything about the implications such as ergonomics, cost, reliability, discoverability, etc. Literally zero research behind it. It was not an engineering project by any stretch of the meaning. Sci-fi…
edit: part of controlled airflow maybe when coming down in reverse/re-entry?
Honestly, wondering how the touch interface will work in this mission. Always thought it will be tough to make sure the touch works as opposed to physical switches and buttons. eagerly waiting for the launch, though! Wishing luck from India!
If they have to take their gloves off to get the TouchID to work, then that's kind of a bummer. Don't know how well FaceID works while wearing the helmets either.
> Demo-2 is the final major test for SpaceX’s human spaceflight system to be certified by NASA for operational crew missions to and from the International Space Station. The two astronauts along with the Falcon 9 will be docking with the ISS and then returning home. No crew swap is happening, which seems like a waste of energy. I get that SpaceX isn't "operationally certified", but is a crew swap inherently more risk…
A crew swap would require astronauts that are on station to return on the dragon, something they may not have trained for. So to do a swap, you'd probably have to take more than just the two test pilots up since they are likely required to pilot the capsule back down. Taking additional crew on the test flight would certainly be more risky to those additional lives.
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The space suit looks like it's made for a Halloween party. It looks kind of not flexible and fragile. The touch screen panel is surely very cool.
I bet one day these damn panels are gonna kill a crew. Non haptic controls in critical systems like cars, planes, and rockets are an insane fad.
The cold war is back, the fashion is back and out of all the things that are back I am glad that the USA is back in space flights. Wish you the best luck and hope that this will lead to some serious competition. Soyuz is great but we need to do more as species.
Whom exactly is this Cold War against?
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> do more as species Space exploration and exploitation is awesome, but shouldn't the first items on the "do more as species" todo list be about taking care of earth?
Sure, that should be a higher priority. Is there a sentiment somewhere that space exploration is a higher or more urgent priority than green energy?