Interview with Polaris Dawn Commander Jared Isaccman

While I was at Starbase for the Starship flight 4, I got the opportunity to interview the upcoming Polaris Dawn Mission Commander, Jared Isaccman in conjunction with Ellie in Space.
Ellie has already put out her full video, but there were some questions and discussion that were not included in her video.
• EXCLUSIVE Polaris Dawn...
With her permission, I made this companion video with more questions and dialogue with Jared, further exploring topics such as the spacesuit design, experiments to combat Space Adaptation Sickness and how SpaceX and the Polaris Dawn crew intend to mitigate issues with suit over inflation leading to difficulties re-entering the Dragon capsule once the EVA commences.
I hope you find this information and discussion helpful and informative and puts more into context what the Polaris Dawn program is trying to achieve and understand what to look for in the upcoming July mission.
Thank you to Jared for taking the time to answer our questions and providing great answers! Thanks also to Ellie in Space for inviting me to be a part of this interview!

[@jonfarrah]

Thanks so much Joe, Jared is an awesome human being & looks as though he's quite chuffed to be interviewed by The Tegtmeyer & Ellie in Space 😃

[@QuasiRandomViewer]

Thanks, Joe. That was fantastic. You might want to add a link to Ellie's main, 33 minute interview. I tried to do so myself, but KZbin suppressed the comment because of the link.

[@JoeTegtmeyer]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnTHZ5usoqp9aLcsi=BnsfzDlhFh8BGrZ5

[@QuasiRandomViewer]

@@JoeTegtmeyer Thanks! It's annoying how KZbin suppresses all random comments with links. I understand that it is part of the never-ending battle against spam, but it catches useful links as well.

[@terrysullivan1992]

Where is the link to Ellie's interview ?

[@JoeTegtmeyer]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnTHZ5usoqp9aLcsi=BnsfzDlhFh8BGrZ5

[@dissaid]

Hey Joe

[@rudivandoornegat2371]

Yes, helpful. More technical than Ellie and that's interesting for me.

[@lourdessilva6442]

Maravilha

[@MikeCasey311]

I am sorry to sound negative, because I admire Joe, Ellie and the astronauts. But, you are spending time and money in space to accomplish what a robot will be able to accomplish in a few years. Your spacesuit is a semi flexible space craft with a single human occupant. To illustrate how impractical the spacesuit is, try building a simple dog house on earth while wearing the SpaceSuit. What is your objective?

[@WarrenLacefield]

Yes, it is likely true that robots will be extremely useful in space and space stations, factories, and habitats, as well as on the Moon and Mars, etc. But so will be spacesuits and direct human presence as well as telepresence. The goal (of "life") is to enrich human experience; not simply accomplish research or economic tasks.

[@MikeCasey311]

@@WarrenLacefield I wish you well and I also believe that humans must expand beyond earth. You believe the goal (of “life”) is to enrich human experience, I believe the goal of all life is ensure the survival of the specie and AI is the only hope of human survival away from earth. AI may also be our destruction. If the goal isn’t to accomplish research why are we sending scientists into space. If the goal is to enrich human experience, why not sent poets. All the best, Mike

[@WarrenLacefield]

@@MikeCasey311 Yes, indeed, why not send artists or poets or journalists (who maybe are also scientists or explorers) into space. We will. Magellan and Columbus were not worried about survival of the species and, actually, neither am I (although things like war or climate change could sure hinder that on Earth or in space). It's a long term issue that our children can deal with. (If it were in short term, we would have a problem.) Include AI amongst our "children." By "life" I was thinking our human lives and cultures, not life in general. I certainly am a big fan of research, much of which can be accomplished by autonomous, updatable, robotic agents and ships. I used that word very narrowly, maybe should have said "data collection." But I do appreciate your comments as well and feel perhaps we are not far apart. For me, robots are great helpers, but we need a human presence, so we need spacesuits.