What people don't understand about the Polaris Dawn Spacewalk...

[@Tinman_56]

Spacex teams did an excellent job of constructing the suits, and the crew did a most excellent job of execution of the entire process.

[@ctafrance]

Look, I will add this. When you are THIS cautious and precise about testing, the way I suspect SpaceX is from start to finish...then you do NOT end up with the crap that Boeing comes up with. No way.

[@moenaguib2947]

Exactly correct!😊

[@JM_2019]

Also Space X was not always very cautious - remember the first Starship launch. ;) Space X communicates clearly that they accept failures und they learn from them, in case of Boeing this is not accepted. The dividing line for sure is when lifes are involved.

[@schrodingerscat1863]

SpaceX often seem cavalier in their approach but at the heart of SpaceX's philosophy is sound engineering principals. Here we can see a whole list of activities being performed which test various aspects of the suit, it is all highly regimented and will have been practiced many times in neutral buoyancy simulators and vacuum chambers on earth. Repeatability is the key to sound engineering and that is why they seemed to be going through endless check lists during this spacewalk. Also in this endeavour there are 4 lives at risk so they will be ultra cautious in their approach, this mission will be the result of thousands of hours in planning and testing.

[@Jimmy_Jones]

SpaceX listened to the astronauts. Boeing employees didn't care and acted like they knew better.

[@KiRiTO72987]

​@@JM_2019yeah space X is always way more cautious when human lives are at stake and honestly it makes sense take risks and break things when you can but exercise caution when needed

[@dcavanau1021]

Sadly, Haters gonna hate. This whole mission was amazing and successful. I especially liked that it is so ho hum…a group of 4 nearly ordinary people fly in Dragon to a height not experienced in 50+, years, they open the hatch and all experience the vacuum Of space, they test out a newly designed EVA suit, made by a commercial company, step up out of the capsule, twice, then return safely to the earth. And all people can say is they weren’t entertained enough? Jeez. Imagine if something would’ve gone wrong and the impact that would have had on the confidence in returning Butch and Suni on a Crew Dragon. Hey folks, when these kind of firsts for humanity seem boring, we’re (SpaceX is) doing something really right. Ellie, thank you for your in depth coverage of the Polaris Dawn mission; you did an awesome job! ❤

[@chrischeshire6528]

Congratulations to the crew, they accomplish the mission by the book. True professionalism. Reminds me of the Apollo 9 mission when David Scott opened the hatch on Apollo and stood on his seat to test his spacesuit. Following in the footsteps of space history now praying for a safe return.

[@ctafrance]

I will say that I did not have a good feeling about this part of the mission. Absent an airlock, I just thought, whoa, wait, this is high risk. So, I was very happy to see how CAUTIOUS the EVA was. This makes much more sense. One thing I do not really get is how people keep talking about these astronauts as if they were rank amateurs. Jared has an aerospace education and lots of jet flying experience. The two engineers from SpaceX are not outsiders to the space industry. And so forth. Thanks for this debriefing. It REALLY helped me better understand precisely what was being tested.

[@odysseusrex5908]

Well, people are a) ignorant and b) jealous.

[@charleslaine]

LOL @ "debriefing". OK if you say so. Sir. Salute. About Face. TEN HUT!

[@xlynx9]

​@@charleslainea debriefing is just a report on a mission or task. I hear it all the time in various offices I've worked in. Glad you got a laugh though 😀

[@TheJacklwilliams]

Not too mention the amount of training to get to here. Every process, every procedure has purpose and every piece of that an action to take if things go wrong. What’s happening here is everyone is witnessing that it doesn’t take a government to build an astronaut. It’s science, education and execution backed up by training and practice over and over and over again. Truly a cool thing to have a front seat witnessing while it unfolds.

[@tma2001]

yeah those SpaceX engineers were themselves astronaut trainers - they knew exactly what they were doing and Jared owns the worlds largest private fleet of miltary aircraft for combat training other airforce pilots.

[@klarafall6379]

Actually, I have never been immensely interested in space missions. But last week, I watched the Inspiration4 documentary on Netflix because someone had recommended it to me. I found it really fascinating. It showed me in detail how much training, preparation, nerves and balls it takes to go to space. It was a coincidence that I found out that the Polaris Dawn mission should take off in a couple of days. From then on, I couldn't wait! I was so nervous and excited for these 4 people and I feared for them. But the people around me? I am a mom of two and my teenage kids found the spacewalk quite boring and slow. And my mom said that the astronauts looked like two meerkats looking out of their burrow... So I feel you a lot!!! I feel misunderstood as well. I can understand that it didn't look that spectacular to the main public. Obviously, it is a common thing with science. If you don't know much about it, it looks quite boring. But if you understand more about it, it is one hell of exciting!!!

[@scottfw7169]

Yep, modern society has people so very, very, programmed for instant gratification and media-driven adrenaline hits. I have no children, my brother does, and it isn't merely a result of simple cynicism when I say that taking one of today's children and dumping them in to my childhood in the 1960s could and probably would cause what we'll term a psychological event in them. True, there is an element of risk, of danger, and being professional engineers, astronauts, they will during the development process look for those potential risks and dangers and then design and write down processes for dealing with them. And parts for both spaceship and spacesuit will be inspected before, during, and after, assembly. And then there is the training. My Dad and Grandad were both in the Navy and were pilots; while spaceflight is not airplane flight, the training and attention to detail in both objects and processes is similar, and that attention is even greater in spaceflight. That is why the operation of both aircraft and spacecraft involve many pages of very detailed checklists for procedures. Finally, 😄welcome to the community of people who are interested in spaceflight!

[@tma2001]

yeah as the late moon walker John Young and Shuttle test pilot said, from the seat of his simulator, if you don't like boring engineering detail you are in the wrong job.

[@jacekplacek9288]

This is real Earth Space. Without suit or capsule this people would be dead in several seconds. Real daredevil crew. And People on Earth watching fascinating TV films but this is only fantasy , nothing real...easy , colored comics so Real space exploration tidious and tough is boring for this publicity....And this speed 25000 km/h ..one collidable ball and ....

[@pchris6662]

As an engineer, I’m the most impressed that all of the electronics in that ship were able to handle the vacuum of space. Considering how much stuff has to be packed in there to control and monitor a spacecraft and the challenges of heat dissipation in an environment with zero air, that is really impressive and tells me SpaceX has spent thousands and thousands of man hours on that one aspect alone! There is no doubt those systems were all cooking themselves every second they had no air. Amazing job!

[@alkimball8920]

I know a guy who works at Space-X who works laying out and designing their PCBs... I used to work with him on some aerospace projects (my field too). I would put this guy into "PCB-Designer Guru" status as he knows literally all the tricks of the trade. Due to his confidentiality agreement he has never been able to discuss specifics of his job at Space-X but he most definitely has the right stuff to work there.

[@scottfw7169]

While the capsule electronics are a little different between now and the 1960s, remember that several Gemini flights, and several Apollo flights from Apollo 9 on through the Moon landings, depressurized the capsule in order to do spacewalks for both tests of things and on the Apollo flights to retrieve film cassettes from the capsule's service module's experiment and instrument bay. The general principles of designing electronics which can deal with that are a known thing.

[@artisteric]

Good point. The inside and all the electronics and parts is designed to work in both vacuum and non vacuum and that blow my mind 😮

[@pchris6662]

@@alkimball8920 I have absolutely no doubt that SpaceX is employing certifiable geniuses in these areas. I know enough to know what it takes to do these things and it’s a truly amazing feat to blow the hatch on the entire ship like they did. I just wish more people realized it. I saw so many comments on the livestream that it “was boring” and as I told my wife, if you watched a golfer hit 18 holes in one, it might seem boring if you didn’t know just how hard it was to do it just once and to have 4 people’s lives on the line…wow.

[@pchris6662]

@@scottfw7169 the electronics aren’t just a little different. They are like comparing a Ford model T to a modern 737. Yes, we build satellites all the time that have to survive in space. That’s true. But even those circuits are limited to very tiny specialized functions. I’m not exaggerating. What SpaceX pulled off here is an amazing feat and there is nothing harder than making it look easy and they did just that.

[@tarnishedknight730]

What too many people seem to criminally unaware of is that some things (scuba/sky diving, operations on the human body, etc.) you can do perfectly, by the book, and still end up dead. This is one of those things.

[@xlynx9]

100%. In everyday things that are dangerous, such as driving a car, most fatalities are human error. In spaceflight, most fatalities are engineering related. People in the industry say space is hard, and that is because it's only possible at all with a lot of compromise and incremental performance gains through complex systems that push the limits of materials and processes, leaving thin margins.

[@calebfuller4713]

Surgery is one thing many people completely underestimate the risks, especially regarding anesthesia. I've know multiple people in my life who have ended up dead or paralyzed from what was supposed to be "routine surgery".

[@ross077]

The combination of clear explanations that you communicate and the reach that you have with your channel, Ellie makes you such a valuable contributor to the space community.

[@geauxherd762]

Amazing views from that altitude as well as the transition into night. Love it.

[@agamemnongames886]

My go-to joke is "CGI is amazing." This flight is important because all our data on the manufacture of suits in the real environment is from 50 years ago. Most of the people who were part of the research and development of those suits are dead. We needed updated data in the real environment. That is why the engineer who designed the suit was part of the experiment and test. That is historic. Never before had the person designing the suit was in the suit in the environment. So now, she has practical experience. In the past, you had a disconnect with the designer of the suit and the person who has to use it. "We may have just witnessed the first suit fitting in space with the actual tailor." Truly Amazing.

[@mannygee005]

I will say this. This was extremely dangerous. Imagine you're sitting in a small room then someone opens the door except it's the hatch into space. You might want to check your suit. If you spring a leak you're not coming home. They were all very aware of this. A line from the movie Galaxy Quest "Is there air out there?!!" No there is no air out there and there is no air in the room now either. It didn't matter if you weren't stepping out of the hatch, the whole room's in space baby! Thanks Ellie for the video!

[@MegaSnow121]

Great comment. Could not have been said clearer.

[@bobdalton2062]

Few people realize the temperature change, which is just as deadly. Space is 3 degrees absolute - roughly 400 F degrees cooler than their cabin!

[@charlesjohnson9879]

This is Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) for the space suit and the ability for the ship to safely depressurize and pressurize in space. Unlike developmental testing, OT&E is a fielded test, under realistic conditions, for the purposes of determining a system's operational effectiveness and operational suitability.

[@tma2001]

yeah something which Boeing have failed spectacularly at with Starliner. fun fact: the commander of first manned Crew Dragon, Doug Hurley, told management he wasn't flying on Starliner after visiting the SpaceX and Boeing facilities and talking to their respective engineers. Only SpaceX's were receptive to astronaut input ... says it all really.

[@victorkrawchuk9141]

I was amazed by the suits and how flexible and unbloated they were, like SciFi becoming real. This was a great first test, and I can't wait to see the backpack that SpaceX develops for the suit. They make NASA's aging ISS EVA suits look like 1970's Bee Gees outfits at a Lamb of God metal concert. I really hope that that NASA accepts SpaceX's proposal to service the Hubble Telescope in the next Polaris Mission. These people aren't tourists, they're the new Belters.

[@deanelsworth817]

Nice reference to the Belters 👍

[@anilgohil6750]

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[@chrishvs]

You two are the A team. I appreciate the timely summary.

[@DavidGoben]

It blows me away every time I look at the Dragon interior. NASA would never design things that way. Even the ISS, I keep expecting people to get legs and arms hooked in all the loose cables and wires. SpaceX has taken the Sci-Fi route to space travel.

[@rigomrtz]

Great comment, remember Elon saying, his son asked why doesn't the future look like it, brilliant question and inspiring to Elon and the design team

[@schrodingerscat1863]

One of the key philosophies with designs for the interior of the SpaceX craft was to make it look less cluttered and distracting to the astronauts and does not inspire anyone to do their best, it also follows the notion that a tidy workplace is an efficient workplace. The ISS for instance looks like a total mess with stuff just hanging off the walls everywhere and it would personally drive me crazy to have to spend an extended amount of time working somewhere like that.

[@rc44004]

You're full of prune juice NASA has had 271 spacewalks on the ISS one for 9 hours

[@stewartsigesmund8261]

Green screens tend to not cause this problem. Lay your concerns to rest.

[@Noartisthere]

"That's your right, but you're wrong." I'm totally using this line. 😅 I really appreciate the insight and the wit.

[@MrH786]

Remember, these are civilian astronauts. Most of NASA's astronauts in the past were previous military soldiers and test pilots. Most NASA astronauts undergo rigorous screening and training. There were many tethered missions in the past, but this was the first commercial civilian mission. They didn't get as much training as previous astronauts so they are not going to fool around. This is a privately funded mission. The best space walk was with astronaut Bruce McCandless II who flew the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) out of the space shuttle Challenger on February 7, 1984. He's the one photographed floating in Outer Space by himself with no tether. You got to see the pictures.

[@oldgandy5355]

Baby Steps. Very critical and very necessary Baby Steps. I'm impressed with the EVA suits. Probably will be modified and improved, but dang, they worked! Seals around the hatch will be scrutinized and perfected. They worked! Communication glitches. Expected, and accommodated. Next time will be better. A tweak here and there, see what improves. (Here a Tweak, There a Tweak everywhere a Tweak Tweak. Spacex Dragon Had a flight, ETC.)

[@okirooju3787]

Oh yes, and may we have more tech on this farm 😂

[@Chyrre]

Great recap, discussion and analysis! Just what I was looking for

[@ellieinspace]

I tried to keep it concise! I’m glad it was helpful!

[@wayneblais8368]

I am such a space freak. This was such a step forward in the development of space exploration.

[@pauljohansen8043]

I made a comment here during the space walk that it was done 50 years ago. Some people though it was a put down. It was not. I was lamenting the fact that we lost a generation of furthering HUMAN space flight beyond the ISS. I am 68, a space enthusiast, who used to get up early to watch Mercury/Gemini/Apollo launches before going to school….

[@DouglasJMark]

Thanks Ellie and Joe!! I also was amazed by how they had to go 100% in their suits with all 4 in the vacuum of space. Plus, seeing how they refilled Dragon with nitrogen while kept the suit on full O2 letting the O2 pass into the Dragon to mix with the nitrogen then eventually blending the gasses together in Nitrox at the end. It went flawlessly! ❤❤❤

[@scottfw7169]

I don't understand why the amazement about that being the procedure; it is same procedure used on NASA's 1960s Gemini flights which gained our initial spacewalk experience & same procedure used on several Apollo flights from that famous red-helmeted David Scott on Apollo 9 up through the Moon landing flights when film cassettes and such were retrieved from the instrument bay on the capsule's service module.

[@azerothmtz6066]

​@@scottfw7169Private endeavour, 4 civilians, new design space suits, dragon used as airlock.

[@scottfw7169]

@@azerothmtz6066 Yes, and ...?

[@azerothmtz6066]

@@scottfw7169 simple, its their first time doing all that, as in, you do it for the first time it is a big deal

[@deanelsworth817]

@@azerothmtz6066I think scottfw7169 works for Boeing trolls department 😂

[@sxmolin]

Congratulations to SpaceX and everyone involved in this historic event.

[@petermaver8466]

I lived through the Apollo program in the 1960's and this is exactly how it's done. Step by Step, no shortcuts something NASA and Boeing have long forgotten.

[@scottfw7169]

Seems also to be something the general public has either forgotten or was incapable of wrapping their minds around in the first place.

[@jackeppington6488]

In the early days, astronauts like Ed White and Gene Cernan just flew out and were surprised at the difficulty of manuvering around without handholds. It's nice to see that was remembered this time. The basic laws of physics always have to be relearned.

[@stevejaworski2954]

As much as I will always be a fan in awe of the steely eyed test pilot ways of Old NASA, the things they did and the things they learned along the way paved the road for our approaches today. Are we more risk-averse? Absolutely - mostly because those guys exposed what the risks are and (mostly) lived to tell the story. This hardware and the objectives it serves is fundamentally different than 1965. So is the political environment. If someone gets hurt up there, it's not just a potential death sentence for that astronaut, but for the whole program. I don't like that one bit, but here we are. I don't care that they didn't step off the capsule for their test. Floating around on the umbilical having their pictures taken wasn't the objective. Learning how they're going to do physical work in this particular suit was That was the plan for this flight and they'll push further on the next. Step by step relentlessly.

[@phelansa23]

All I want to say is; with the pace that SpaceX has in developing new tech. I cannot wait to see the next gen of these space suits. Well done to everybody involved.

[@Gerard1971]

With testing laser communication with Starlink satellites as part of this mission, I think the expectation was created (not by SpaceX but by others) that we would see a 4K live stream of this space walk, when during the live stream today they explained that the Starlink equipment is in the trunk, which was turned towards the sun during the spacewalk, which means they could and would not use Starlink, so they had to deal with TRDS and ground station handovers. I think this may be why some people were a little bit disappointed by what we got to see. It was still a very impressive accomplishment though!

[@scottfw7169]

Or, when in a cynical mood, I just say the problem's foundation is the number of people who expect real life to give them the same adrenaline generating experience as a finely crafted Hollywood or videogame production.

[@iamaduckquack]

I mean, when we've had uninterrupted live video from a starship entering the atmosphere I think we all expected this to be better.

[@tma2001]

@@scottfw7169 as someone with a cgi background, the first time I saw what looked like a manequin standing in front of a back projected screen, I knew what comments to expect. Ironically for anyone who knows about photograpy, that is what it _should_ look like rather than the enhanced and dramatic Holywood blockbuster renderings.

[@jackeppington6488]

@@scottfw7169 "Amusing Ourselves to Death"

[@rickdoner5181]

It's brand new! How far did the Wright Brothers go on their first attempt that worked? If you are so good at it keyboard warriors, then go up and do it. This was a MAJOR test, and it passed.

[@korana6308]

... how d. can you be? What's "brand new about it"??? outside of a new design. That's it. "The Wright brothers" the first space walk was done in 1965 by the Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov. There's no "Wright Brothers" it is literally the same thing we'd done more than half a century ago. And are doing it on a regular basis as a routine on the ISS.

[@rickdoner5181]

@@korana6308 because a non-governmental entity has never done it before. That makes it new.

[@korana6308]

@@rickdoner5181 "non governmental" so you don't realize that he is being funded by the pentagon, directly by the DoD... oh well some people are naive I guess OK.

[@Jakub680]

Wrights are so overrated by US Americans…

[@valentinemichaelsmith8219]

For commercial development, this is the equivalent of "...one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". Jacques Cousteau went through similar steps in his development of the Aqua-Lung toward it's eventual ubiquitousness.

[@alkimball8920]

If you've ever tried to "re-seat" a tubeless tire (like you'd have on a John Deere lawn tractor) using nothing more than an air compressor, you can imagine how problematic it might be to re-seal the capsule door after the space walk.

[@lordgarion514]

Not really the same thing tbh. A tire has to have the tire pushed up onto the rim...... With a LOT of friction trying to stop it from moving. The capsule has a door that just swings open and closed, which pinches the gasket between 2 things.

[@BigBoaby-sg1yo]

@@lordgarion514😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JeffGoins88]

People are going to complain no matter what, this was such a cool mission. Go Team Space!! 🚀

[@BackUp-z4t]

Great comments. Much thanks to the two you. Congrats to SpaceX and the crew. Top side and ground side.

[@gregswank4912]

Most of the complainers are just trolls, people that are unhappy in life and just take it out on others by being obnoxious. All they want is attention, so don't give it to them.

[@lukebaumann2531]

SpaceX is leading the way. Great job!🇺🇲🇺🇲👍

[@NomenNescio99]

You really bring a new level of professional reporting to this corner of the youtube world. Thanks!

[@PaulShanley]

Look at Gene Cernan’s EVA experience versus Buzz Aldrin’s EVA experience back in the mid 1960’s. We kind of thought we were ready with Gene’s.. we weren’t ..and A LOT was riding on Buzz’s (some would argue that the entire Apollo program). Thankfully it all worked out. EVAs - and new spacesuits - are hard.

[@dougrigel1997]

They started to use a huge pool of water for EVA training since Aldrin is a scuba diver. It was the right thing to do.

[@PaulShanley]

@@dougrigel1997 , his doctoral dissertation was on EVA technique and testing. He was the right guy at the right time with the right thinking and actions. Later, after swimming pools and scuba gear/weight belts, the NBS in Huntsville and the WET-F in Houston, advanced us through Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and the Shuttle and early station. JSC finally made a purpose built wet facility for the entire station. Amazing!!

[@jeffmontray88]

Great report Ellie. Good guest too. I can see your news experience is paying off. You ask great questions and let the guests answer. We all learn.

[@gregsulman8659]

This is amazing, they have more 'guts' than me. Thank goodness it was SpaceX and not Boeing, Well done to all concerned.

[@whoguy4231]

I wanna see Ellie space walk ... C'mon Elon ... Give Ellie a ticket 🙏❤

[@Deontjie]

The difference between Boeing and SpaceX? SpaceX chooses attractive people for this space flight.

[@GeraltofRivia5150]

And people still believe the Earth is flat. What a view.

[@farscape1714]

Same people will vote for Kamala.

[@Wurtoz9643]

@@farscape1714majority of conspiracy theorists(i.e flat earthers) in the USA are republicans.

[@okirooju3787]

That view of earth from up there is not even a good argument for those guys. They'll tell you it was badly done CGI 😂. Once people's minds are made up over something, true or false, it takes considerable effort to change it. I usually start conversations with such people asking them how we get day and night.

[@FrankStanley-j5y]

@@farscape1714 I hear ya, but Kamala's crowd are the ones who will believe whatever the establishment tells them. Heliocentric theory hasn't been anti-establishment for something like 500 years. I've run into a number of flat-earthers in recent years, and listened to their arguments. I've seen that with most conspiracy theories there's at least SOME basis for it. Sometimes I'm convinced, or mostly convinced; sometimes I end up sitting on the fence (with more respect for the people pushing it). But with Flat Earth, the arguments are complete nonsense, and easily de-bunked. From what I can tell, Flat Earthers fall into two categories: (1) Bible-thumpers who recognize that the Bible has some phrases that seem to suggest that the authors (whom they believe are inspired by God) thought the Earth to be flat. Widespread and obvious corruption in the scientific establishment in recent years has made people more likely to disregard what scientists tell them, and more likely to listen to what Bronze Age shepherds have to say about the Earth. They are in denial of reality, and will listen to any nonsensical "proof" that the Earth is flat. (2) Agents of the Deep State, whose motive is to reduce the credibility of the community of skeptics out there, by adding this abject nonsense to the list of "Conspiracy Theories". Being the perpetrators of various actual conspiracies themselves, they want to discredit people who put two-and-two together and discover that the official narrative is often covering up for their crimes. For example, people probably still get called a conspiracy kook if they say Oswald didn't kill JFK, even though the Zapruder film made it obvious that the JFK kill shot was from the front (which is not where Oswald was). Somebody's head doesn't jerk back if it's hit from the back - it jerks back when it's hit from the front. Get someone pushing a (correct) conspiracy theory to also say "the Earth is flat", and very few will listen to them, so the conspirators remain safe from exposure. Obviously, the second type of Flat Earther would be voting for Kamala, but I think the first type is much more common, and they are probably more likely on the political right.

[@minigpracing3068]

I missed the live, but my comment is this: It will be interesting to see the next iteration of these suits. And then what they look like with the rest of the support system attached to the suit. Baby steps keep people alive!

[@sgfx]

NASA has never had four astronauts in the vacuum of space simultaneously, as they have only managed three aboard the International Space Station at one time. The spacesuits for this mission are significantly more advanced in terms of construction and materials, especially when compared to the ISS suits, which are over 30 years old. For this mission, the key emphasis is on safety-taking incremental steps and exercising extreme caution. It’s crucial not to risk lives on unproven technology without thorough testing and safeguards. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent less about two hours outside their lander on the surface of the Moon during their historic Apollo 11 mission. Subsequent missions extended this duration as the technology became more reliable and proven, allowing astronauts to spend more time exploring and conducting experiments on the lunar surface.

[@jordanhenshaw]

This is extremely important moment because no one has built and actually used a new spacesuit design in 40 years.

[@spacemanmat]

Was a great first step for SpaceX. Must admit I was disappointed that they didn’t get completely outside, but still very much can appreciate the significance. Clearly they have still got a lot more work to do on the next iteration of the suit.

[@thablakester]

My goodness the end of this video scared the crap out of me Ellie! I'm driving down the interstate listening to the commentary and next thing I know, it's almost like your video is over right as it started because I was so involved in the commentary so it really caught me off guard when the outro music started playing. LOL Wonderful video as always. Unfortunately, I was sleeping while they were space walking and I love going back and watching it all and hearing commentary from you and others. 😍🤘🚀💙

[@MajzoubIbrahim-d4r]

A great achievement as the first commercial spacecraft in which astronauts fly outside the capsule in deep space.. Amazing views..🚀🚀

[@MegaSnow121]

Haters are gonna hate. :-( What a stark difference between this successful test and Boeing’s fiasco. I know Boeing in the end decided to play it safe and head home unmanned. And yet, two people are stranded at the space station until February. Hardly a successful mission.

[@crisromero6564]

Some people have way too much expectations. They have watched too many outerspace/sci-fi movies that they have been desentisized their real life experiences. With this spacewalk i took it like with a grain of salt and just patiently tried to understand what's taking place. There are lives in this journey so we should value that first before anything. SpaceX is excelling in that and may they continue on this. I totally enjoying the experience in watching this historic event. May the Dragon crew come safely. Godspeed. 🙏

[@brianjay9811]

I knew it the minute I saw how puppet-like the astronaut looked during the spacewalk. I had do doubt people were going to call foul, because so many do not understand space and how a sleek space-suited body looks in space. Yes, it did look horribly fake, which only proves the point that it was real. Anyone trying to pull the wool over the public's eyes would not have faked the walk so badly. Rigid, pressurized suits and the unique aspects of weightlessness combine to make things look unnatural. It's all part of this special environment, but no matter what is said, people will still believe what they wish to believe...

[@markleechapman6347]

Excellent job done. Safety is paramount space walk Total Egress next chapter. This space peek out was a success well done to you all 👍❤️

[@slol144]

At any given time in the past 60 years, there were only a few people qualified to handle an EVA. Half of them were considered enemies of the State. For this to be a private venture and what seemed to be a flawless testing event, it went smoother than anything NASA has done in the recent or distant past.

[@JasonEsquivel]

Great recap! Lookin' forward to your next interview with Mr. Berger.

[@ronin47-ThorstenFrank]

I´m really no fan of Elon Musk. Quite the contrary. But I know enough (as a layman) that I know that the whole mission was so far outstanding and proffesional done. My joy, that it worked so well, hit a wall though: I´m fighting for 12 hours now a horde of know-nothings that are making fun of the whole action or make pointless crtiticism. I´m really pissed about this behaviour of know-nothings! Congrats Polaris Dawn team. Congrats SpeceX! (and I´m jeaolous of you, folks!)

[@okirooju3787]

Respect sir. Unfortunately, objectivity in this world has been replaced either by fanboyism or activism, both extremes of a very vast spectrum called balance. People must know that we can actually disagree (a very healthy thing to do) with people without hating them. Your comment is great encouragement.

[@Deontjie]

Elon is a difficult person to understand. Especially if you are not in the medical field. But these days you can not mention space or electrical vehicles without mentioning his name.

[@radar-kiwis-canfly-nz3492]

@4:55 Where are the Stars. Everyone needs to first understand the orbital tracking path of Dragon capsule and it's orientation pointing direction. Polaris Dawn Mission Commander Jared Isaacman and Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis performed their "stand-up" EVA outside Crew Dragon Resilience as they were crossing over the Southern Hemisphere going from a Daylight into the darkness of Night time. Crew Dragon Resilience had its rear towards the sun and the Hatch opened towards the Stars of Space. So that the Stars are in fact behind the Camera on the Hatch and not seen behind Jared and Sarah. The video shows Jared Isaacman egress outside while still showing the Daylight above South Australia then it becomes dark as it's Night time while the Hatch Camera is pointing towards earth and the darkness of the Southern Ocean while Crew Dragon transits North bound on it's Orbital path to the Northern Hemisphere. So when Sarah Gillis was seen in darkness it was actually Night time crossing over New Zealand in the pitch blackness of Night as the camera points towards the darkness of the Pacific Ocean beneath and heads back North up into the Daylight of the Northern Hemisphere.

[@runningray]

THANK YOU JO for saying it like it is. Some people need to hear the hard truth.

[@paulchovancek2135]

Ellie overall the thing that stood out for me was when inside on Jared's helmut cam the VERY FIRST TIME he stuck his head out. With all the cheering in the background. I felt weightless, amazing.

[@johnpooky84]

*helmet

[@johnpooky84]

*helmet

[@patriklindholm7576]

Personally, I don't consider NASA should be held as a sole arbiter or a benchmark of how space exploration missions should be conducted, nor should they themselves either. The organization is viewed to be speaking from expertise and experience thus managing to compare a wider range of contrasts, but if and when it becomes a mere means of propping the name or hiding behind it when making decisions, it renders itself utterly useless, as authority has never been proven to correlate with equity but with privilege. And it unfortunately shows, if not but in all failed excessively funded projects by "trusted" collaborators. Leadership revision is imminently necessary.

[@gerrysmith3384]

Nice interview. Well done!

[@domesday1535]

this must have taken a lot of bravery and courage. Very glad to see a mission success. Props to spacex for such an amazing safety record

[@tma2001]

No one floats free since the very first Soviet and US spacewalks nearly ended in disaster when trying to return inside. Therer's a reason ISS EVAs are more akin to rock climbing with a short tether hooked at all times and numerous handholds within easy reach.

[@helderafonso2609]

this people are not in a movie ,it's real life, if anything goes wrong they die.

[@direbearcoat7551]

Thanks for the Readers' Digest version of this historic event. I feel kind of bad for thinking like this, but I didn't want to watch it live - in case something went horribly wrong. I didn't wan to see that. However, I didn't want to watch an hours long video of what a fantastic achievement it was. I got to see them do their thing, and got to see the quick breakdown of what they accomplished. I look forward (probably in a few weeks or months) for the results of all of their medical experiments. "Space medicine" is going to benefit greatly from this.

[@CamelWhisperer123]

Couldn't help but feel a jealous watching them do the spacewalk. 😮

[@CAPEjkg]

Your still my favorite new space person

[@StealthMode139]

We all want to do it now. Excellent Job Space X. FL Crew

[@chris.eskimo]

Only ignorant people are disappointed.

[@ericfielding2540]

They completed their mission objectives to test the suits, the hatch opening and closing, spacecraft depressurization and repressurization. They did this Polaris Dawn without direct support from NASA, although I believe NASA was providing some TDRSS communication support. NASA has paid more than a billion dollars for the Commercial Crew flights, so the Crew Dragon program has a lot of NASA money invested.

[@Dularr]

This is a very old school test. In the early Russian space walks, they had problems re-entering the capsule. The cosmonauts could exit the ship, but the suits would inflate making it difficult to fit through the hatch.

[@FrankStanley-j5y]

I guess that sums it up right there. They didn't leave the hatch completely until they did this test, to verify that there wouldn't be a problem getting back in. It doesn't make for very exciting TV, but this is serious business.

[@marcmayou1422]

I got email my tee shirt has shipped.., I did see the spacewalk when it was live and it was about what I expected.

[@executivesteps]

The suit temperature was 33C (93 F) after a 5 minute, low exertion effort in darkness. Seems pretty high from doing basically nothing.

[@Avatrode]

Excellent synopsis

[@valentinemichaelsmith8219]

Thanks, Ellie!

[@mikercflyer7383]

It is amazing watching just the difference in the suits they wore compared to the Gemini suits.

[@wayneschenk5512]

Great recap.

[@jimbrowder2100]

Great summary - thanks!

[@erwingeorge6187]

I agree, this is amazing. Life is not a movie.

[@scottfw7169]

The viewers who were disappointed were expecting a Hollywood style adrenaline rush, a thing which real life only rarely provides, and that it has been long preferred test flights not provide.

[@michaelrocky4571]

NO, we were expecting a "REAL SPACE WALK" this was just testing of the hatch, cabin pressure, space suits, including movement. But the reason we are disappointed is Space X advertised a SPACE WALK.. LOL

[@spacesciencelab]

This is a great comentary. Cheers.

[@spacesciencelab]

So, they got actual space science with this mission. Epic.

[@johnpooky84]

I will confess that, initially, I felt a little underwhelmed, when i watched it live. I was expecting something at least on the Gemini level, where they're out on a tether, away from the capsule. It was then that I realized just how much I'd been spoiled by NASA TV spacewalks on the ISS, and historical footage from the Space Race 😅.

[@cavereric]

Well done SpaceX!!!

[@shadowcrusader2283]

Don't worry now Little Bobby were not all here to butter your Biscuit.

[@profphilbell2075]

Poor little Bobby got tricked into believing that earth is flat.

[@MrDmorgan52]

​@@profphilbell2075and that he's really Barbie in the wribg body!

[@peter-hr1gl]

It wasn't a 'space walk' as much as 'space observation platform' and testing of the new suits.

[@michaelrocky4571]

Exact

[@korana6308]

It wasn't much of anything really but them popping out of a hatch for a few minutes. I really don't understand all the excitement. Nothing new we saw here, outside of a new design...

[@FrankStanley-j5y]

Yeah, it really doesn't seem like the right thing to call it, since there was no actual "walking", or anything like it. "EVA" is another term they use, and that seems better, but even THAT doesn't seem very satisfying, since they were never completely outside the vehicle. In a sense, you could say all 4 astronauts were "extra-vehicular", because they were all effectively "in space" (meaning "not inside a pressurized vehicle"), but usually you think of "extra-vehicular" as meaning that you go outside the vehicle, not that you "bring what's outside the vehicle inside it." The thing is, the astronauts were exposed to the harsh conditions of space, to evaluate the effectiveness of their new suits (which, yes, is a big deal). Normally, that's done during an actual space walk, rather than just sticking the top half of your body out of a hatch.

[@Astroponicist]

The SpaceX EVA suit needs much better constant volume joints.

[@fabianmckenna8197]

Hey..... that's why it's called a test and you can be sure that SpaceX will learn a lot from it.

[@imconsequetau5275]

Since they have begun using pneumatics on these suits, I am somewhat expecting some future version to sense limb forces against the suit interior, and pneumatic amplifiers to flex the joints. Not instantaneous, but a delayed return to zero force.

[@gbjib3827]

Looking back at the Gemini program, floating in space is easy, NASA really didn’t start getting a handle on how to work in space during an EVA until the last mission with Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell on Gemini 12 way back in 1966. So, in a way, SpaceX is relearning in their vehicle the art and skills of tethered space EVAs. I cannot think of the last tethered EVA NASA has done since maybe Skylab in 1973?

[@jacekplacek9288]

Hmm This Ellie hat magic Eyes😵😵‍💫😲

[@Dragonfire-c8u]

Looks like the hands & wrist are hard to move. Great working test though! 😊 Too bad some are still thinking 2D flat earth level. 😢

[@richardloewen7177]

I suspect that their numbers are dwindling. I am more concerned by the fake-moon-landing folk who are shown LRO photos--closeups showing Lunar Module bottom stages, visible footprint paths, lunar buggies, and other equipment left behind--and still insist that even those photos were faked! Willful blindness!

[@schroeder1570]

I think the reason people say it’s fake looking is when they show Jared it looked like a like a mannequin, the way his arm didn’t move at all and stayed in a position like a plastic arm but I understand what was happening it just looks odd but I don’t believe it’s fake let’s get that straight!!

[@michaelrocky4571]

I don't think it was fake at all, but it's really weird how they cut things off like opening the hatch all the way, closing the hatch and a few other important parts. I mean i thought the owner was supposed to be leading in new internet connection with his satellites. HAHA.. NOT!

[@Wurtoz9643]

@@michaelrocky4571the antenna was pointed away from any satellite as the part it was on was shielding the astronauts from the sun

[@michaelrocky4571]

@@Wurtoz9643 Thank you for this info, much appreciated.

[@jamesengland7461]

Let's be real here. We all were hopeful that all four of them could at least spend a few minutes out there with nothing but a tether. Nothing wrong with that.

[@Ashlyn-p1r]

SpaceX was very transparent about what would happen when Gillis and Isaacman exited - that they would be testing the mobility of their new spacesuit. They never "misled" anybody, people just don't want to read.

[@0x8badbeef]

It was a good plan to not have all of them go out to compare the suits that have been exposed to radiation to those that did not.

[@patrickunderwood5662]

All four were in vacuum. Kid and Menon will also provide insights into how they felt in the suits.

[@aboucard93]

The EV suits were the start of the show. This is the first ever modern space suit that you see in the movies.

[@billvinson7859]

The stars are there, you just can’t see them. The public comments are a reminder of what educators like us are up against. I volunteer with the local Astronomy club teaching astronomy and space science to the public at our local community college. We have a science dome (planetarium) to help. It is very important to keep the public up to date on science so they will continue to fund it. Also we teach young students to give them ahead start on their future. ❤

[@tmorril]

Where is the camera mounted? Did they install a special pole? Just looking at the capsule, there doesn't seem to be a mounting point for the camera that supposedly took the video from the angle/position it did.

[@johnpooky84]

On the nosecone.

[@copperhead395]

Two questions First, why didn't we get to see the full trip around the globe? We just see them disappearing into darkness, I would've liked to see them come around on the other side where the light reappears... Second, if the light is preventing the camera from picking up the stars, why not turn it off for just a minute to capture it?

[@richb2229]

Surprising how little network media coverage about this historical event.

[@johnpooky84]

They're too busy with trying to keep Kommie-la Harris propped up.

[@LordDeBahs]

becouse it absolute tosh. same for india and japn moonlanding events that everybody acts it doesnt happend lol

[@dmpyron2]

Space X getting someone paying for the opportunity to test their gear. Genius!

[@Scubaluke82]

But I can imagine that not everyone believe it was true. The moment when Jared came through the port it looks like a sex doll which someone is holding on the legs pulling out inside the capsule. There was no movement of the arms and the body that it looks fake. But I think this is the way how you move in space... Jared was in his own space craft. Great experience for Spacex and the whole team behind. Cant wait to see more! Congratulations to these pioneers! Jared should have done a handstand on the rails and show the movement of his feet, to show the team behind how it would feal to walk on the moon or mars.

[@IronmanV5]

I played Van Halen's "Top of the World" when Jared emerged from the hatch.