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Polaris Dawn

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Congratulations on a successful mission. Thoughts from Jared Isaacman:

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  2. I didn’t stay up, it’s just as interesting in YouTube reruns. One thing of note, not noted by anybody else: Polaris Dawn involved a redesign of Dragon Resilience’s forward hatch. Used to swing on a hinge, now comes down and off to the side on a yoke. Much better design, and probably a good idea for Starliner, when and if, if and when, if ever. By 2030, SpaceX will have a moon suit and a Dragon spacecraft capable of reaching Gateway. All of which ignores what might happen with Starship, assuming the fish get out of the way…

    1. ” By 2030, SpaceX will have a moon suit and a Dragon spacecraft capable of reaching Gateway.”
      With what service module, upgraded ECLSS or heat shield?
      What rocket other than SLS will even be able to get a 20+ ton modified Dragon to TLI?
      Who will pay them to develop all that?
      Because they aren’t doing it themselves.
      By 2030 they’ll have issues just meeting their existing NASA obligations to Artemis (HLS and DragonXL) let alone stuff that doesn’t even exist in development.

      1. Perhaps you haven’t been paying attention? 100% of the hardware described either exists or is under active development. For example, the service module for lunar Dragon is derived from the service module of the USDV, funded by NASA to the tune of $800mln. Are you kidding about “what rocket other than SLS?” Talk about not paying attention! It’s call Starship. It’s flown four times so far in largely successful suborbital test flights, with flights five and six actively delayed by FAA for blatantly political reasons.

        1. The other point I forgot to make as to “who will pay for it” is, Musk is the richest person in the world and is predicted to hit $1 trillion net worth by 2030. Between that and Starlink, that should do.

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