Is Testing A New Space Suit in Space The Ultimate Thrill?

[@luketurner314]

KSP mission: EVA report high above Kerbin

[@railworksamerica]

You’ve recorded your observations about the situation.

[@musicilike69]

Not a mission but I decided planet Kerbin needed something new so I towed the biggest asteroid in the system to kerbin and placed it in an elliptical orbit of the planet and from the ground at mission control you could see it crossing the sky about 100 Km up. Ofc I also de orbited it for the lols but saved game first :)

[@daniell1869]

@@musicilike69 i didn't even know you could build big enough to tow an asteroid

[@AldorEricsson]

​@@daniell1869They even give you missions to do that.

[@musicilike69]

@@daniell1869 Mods on the PC version. I can't remember it's name, something bootstrap future tech. It was a lot harder than it seemed, I could hook onto this mega mass and move it but it's centre of gravity and my thrust vector required lots of thrust, recorrect and so on.

[@CodeBum]

Scott, this is absolutely amazing. It is. I’ve really never commented or expressed myself on the internet, but I’m trying now. Know that your channel is so great and informative. My sons and I watch it all the time and it’s been a source of joy and peace for each of us. Thank you…

[@zstewart]

Some might call it a rich person's joyride, but for SpaceX it's clever way to subsidize suit testing.

[@gamebaked]

You know what, never thought of it this way tbh. I can get behind testing new technology on the rich. Spacesuits, spaceships or submarines. Let the Rich test them first till it becomes safe enough. 🤣

[@alanmay7929]

lol! subsidize what? thats nothing compared to the development costs.

[@wingdingdmetrius8025]

@@alanmay7929 spacex, tesla, starlink, hyperloop; all gestated on government benefits, now that they are turning profitable they will pay no taxes. that's the cool thing about the US. socialize the losses and privatize all gains.

[@nadiaplaysgames2550]

@@alanmay7929 no but they willing risk death for a joy ride and THEY pay for it

[@__-fi6xg]

hey, i have an idea... ever wanted to see the titanic in a selfmade untested submarine? Cmon, what can go wrong...

[@exidy-yt]

I had no idea it was an open cycle air-system space-suit. I thought the scrubbers were inside the Dragon. The comparison between Scuba and Re-Breathing dive suits was very apt and clear to people who might not quite get what it means and why it matters. Great video Scott!

[@i-love-space390]

This is essentially an updated Gemini space suit from 1965 with typical Elon Musk attention to style. Elon is a lot like Steve Jobs. He is a great promoter of style. The substance of the suit is a lot thinner.

[@MarkoVukovic0]

@@i-love-space390 Indeed lol, that's why they had to do it on the night side and use the hatch to shield them from any possible micro debris.

[@jugganaut33]

@@MarkoVukovic0: so long as there’s a layer or two of Kevlar in there. Micro debris is really an ouchie and ductape. To pass nasa specifications (to clear them to take NASA personel they have to provide protection from impact to 1cm on the torso. That’s why it’s rigid and just Kevlar and metals. The arms are protected to punctures up to 4mm debris. The EMU for NASA is 1cm protection all around. But they could only afford 20 suites since 1970. There’s only around 4 active EMU suits for all of NASA Space X has 6 active here already. Anything that will kill someone in that suit will likely punch through the capsule anyway and end the mission.

[@MarkoVukovic0]

@@jugganaut33 right, makes sense. Thanks!

[@kindlin]

@@MarkoVukovic0 Everyone is giving the mission and all of them a lot of shit for not getting out and really _experiencing_ the spacewalk, but I'm sure, for those astronauts, that was all the experience they needed. Just trying to imagine it is almost too much.

[@micahanderson8903]

I worked in uganda teaching mysic 2017-2022 and a half a dozen of those brass players had been in a jazz band i led for a few years. I was so shocked to see this and excited. Absolute class act out there by Lizzie and Brass for Africa!

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

16:00 "Wait a minute, why am I putting this pen back into the pouch? I came here for stuff like this!"

[@ErikPelyukhno]

Such a cute moment! Just childlike wonder

[@frankowalker4662]

@@ErikPelyukhno I love the smile on her face.

[@interestedinstuff]

Also it demonstrated to her and to us that the de-orbit burn was happening and thus there was an apparent direction to gravity again. The draco thrusters were very gentle about dropping the capsule out of orbit.

[@bbgun061]

If the thrust is going to pull you out of your seat, you don't want a lot of thrust...

[@awebuser5914]

@@interestedinstuff It's not "gravity", it's simply an accelerating frame of reference. The same thing would happen in deep space when you fire thrusters to alter your velocity vector.

[@CarletonTorpin]

The thermal footage around 17:40 is fully art.

[@Mr.SisterFisster]

very fully

[@ddegn]

It was good to see all four chutes fully out. The one chute took a while to completely open. Speaking of completely open. The women's hair sure looked wildly fantastic.

[@zombieregime]

Fun fact, the way thermal cameras work is tiny little bolometers (or a material having a temperature-dependent electrical resistance) for each pixel. Visual cameras (basically) absorb photons and kick electrons into a bin, then measure the charge in that bin to determine how bright of a light shined on to that area. But thermal cameras measure the resistance of the bolometer sensing area, using an array of them you can build an image. Except, thats not the cool part (well I mean other then the cooling done to the array to remove thermal noise from the system). The only way a bolometer works is if it is PHYSICALLY WARMED by the thing its looking at....which it can only see if a LENS FOR HEAT focuses THE THERMAL ENERGY ON THE ARRAY!!!! They are looking at a thing that is physically warming the thing seeing it.....from possibly MILES AND MILES away.....Like, imagine seeing a fire on a hill a mile away AND FEELING ITS WARMTH!!! That is the amazing thing about thermal cameras!

[@erasmuus]

@@zombieregime Thats wild info. Thanks!

[@davidhuber6251]

Scott, you never disappoint. You pointed out several things that absolutely fascinate me that I had totally missed on the live stream. THANK YOU!

[@blazernitrox6329]

16:00 that really is kind of a beautiful moment. I know nothing about any of the people that were aboard Polaris Dawn, but that is _exactly_ the kind of thing I would have done. That display of curiosity and intuition is wonderful

[@-joe-davidson]

5:38 That's an inflatable cushion that the hatch rests against when it's fully opening... It inflates when the hatch is opening and then deflates as he pushes the hatch back into place.

[@bartolomeothesatyr]

I was gonna say, that looked like it was designed to inflate. The panels around and under them didn't flex.

[@josephn944]

That’s actually where the toilet is. It might double as a cushion but that’s not the sole purpose of that panel.

[@cynvision]

@@josephn944 Wow. That has to be very strange to have it there.

[@Eric-dr5bj]

@@cynvision Privacy is of low importance in spaceflight

[@u1zha]

@@cynvision well it's hidden from the sitting crew, behind the touchscreens. Where better to place it?

[@k1ngjulien_]

> casually pushes hatch seals back into place i think i would have needed the brown pants at that point 😅

[@JHe-f9t]

That's built in to the spacesuit.

[@trace9130]

They were expecting it to happen and were trained on checking and fixing it.

[@zombieregime]

The brown pants moment would have been if it didnt press back into place..... However....why wasnt it adhered into place, or not have some sort of o-ring flange style capture design so it can remain loose enough the vent bubbles of air but stay in place to seal when the hatch closes? Maybe by leaving it as a normal big o-ring seal they can have a spare in storage should it get damaged? IDK, but Im not too sure about that design....

[@arkadious9320]

@@zombieregime and that's why youre not an engineer on the cutting edge of tech.

[@wulf2121]

@@zombieregime Well, I guess its because the seal was not originally designed to be exposed to vacuum while the hatch is opened. After all that hatch was designed to be opened while docked to another spacecraft (i.e. ISS). But I'm sure they ground tested the whole procedure... So either that did not happen in testing, or it did and they were actually quite comfortable with just putting it back where it belongs. Either way, Im sure spaceX engeneers will be looking at all of this and in case they want to do another spacewalk with dragon, they will check if they need to do any further modifications, or if that is still considered safe.

[@TheDroopYJ]

The violin was recorded using a piezo electric pickup. This records the instrument directly eliminating nearly all background noise. Very impressive. I'm sure she practiced for months as the time allotted to making the recording was limited and needed to be done on the first take. Bringing this down over the constellation at high bit encoding is equally impressive. Nice to see a private company advancing space technology while the governments of the world are bent on extinction of the human race. This level of commitment to science for the sake of exploration is the thing of history which has been lost since the moon race of the 1960's when great minds labored tirelessly to land humans on an extraterrestrial landscape. We have regulated ourselves into a box of conformity devoid of innovation. Good on the team at SpaceX!!!

[@scottmanley]

It'll still pick up ambient noise, I've used the same setup.

[@clayel1]

@@scottmanleydo you record music?

[@RodrigoKazuma]

I thought it would be one of the classic Star Wars songs, but it's one of the new and totally forgettable songs.

[@patreekotime4578]

The body of the violin acts as a diaphram and picks up ambient noise and transfers it to the pickup. For the same reason, acoustic guitars with piezos will still generate feedback from an amplifier. The pickup may help reduce background noise compared to a normal mic, but I would bet that mostly it's software cleaning up the sound.

[@jordanhenshaw]

Lol they probably had plenty of time up there. Probably half the time they were up there they were probably horsing around like teenagers.

[@AndyK1970]

Something that came to mind seeing that fun with the pen... While the Draco engines are being used for orbital maneuvers, the astronauts are actually in a head-down orientation relative to the acceleration.

[@patrickunderwood5662]

The astronauts call it eyeballs-out, which is kind of funny until you think about it! Fortunately not much thrust.

[@volkris]

SpaceX really needs to go back to providing an alternative technical feed where you can just hear these comms and call outs. I've been really missing that, been really annoyed at the cheering and announcer traffic getting in the way of hearing the technical parts of their operation.

[@bbirda1287]

The drone footage from the recovery was incredible, whole new perspectives on the mission, sea was beautiful.

[@johnsims9023]

I worked at Jeppesen when we introduced the iPad EFB for commercial airlines. Rapid decompression was a major concern, and the company paid for the testing before it was approved.

[@dreci3001]

Same here, I work in the aviation industry an we also use iPads as EFBs, the company paid the national academy of science to do thorough tests on IPad Air 6 for vacuum, rapid decompression, sub-zero temps, EFI and what not.

[@railworksamerica]

What’s an EFB?

[@grndkntrl]

@@railworksamerica Electronic Flight Bag: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_flight_bag

[@bluskytoo]

@@railworksamerica Electronic Flight Bag - EFB

[@njones420]

I do miss getting the monthly updates on DVD 😅 but Flitedeck/EFB/Planebook etc are great on the iPads!

[@KiithnarasAshaa]

14:50 Not only that, but it is a copyrighted piece of music to which Disney owns the creative rights to. While commentary on the technical challenges and complexity of how it was put together could and, in my opinion, should constitute Fair Use...no one needs that kind of headache from The Mouse.

[@euansmith3699]

17:03 The moment when the drogue chutes cut away and the capsule drop more quickly until the main chutes inflated made my stomach do sympathetic flip-flops.

[@alangeddes268]

I spent several years testing modified or new design personnel parachutes and equipment; sometimes with two reserves. When you have gone through two and the ground is coming at you rather quickly it gets about as exciting as what they did. You have no idea how much effort that was put into those chutes and the entire system for this mission.

[@kindlin]

That looks like the most fun part actually.... lol. It would be a nice finale to a very amazing week.

[@euansmith3699]

@@kindlin 😄😄😄

[@Michael_henry799]

I think it’s even more important now for engineers, artists and scientists to unite the world by displaying the power of collaboration in some way. This was such a beautiful example of how music, art and technology connects us - I was moved deeply by that display ❤

[@sashogs]

Also thank you for this coverage/report, just so nice when it’s summarised like this, was going to rewatch the entire stream with the family and explain each party but I might use your video instead, as a pre watch anyways! Makes my life much easier especially since I’m more of an enthusiast than an expert lol

[@daveh7720]

John Williams' involvement with space music predates Star Wars. He wrote the opening theme music for Lost in Space.

[@michaelimbesi2314]

John Williams is honestly probably the best composer alive today and deserves to be counted as one of the greats. And it makes me incredibly happy that we have at least one great composer who was alive during the space age to write music about space and humanity’s place in it.

[@beginnereasy]

​@@michaelimbesi2314 as a person who died TRY AGAIN 👻

[@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv]

Angela Cartwright's sister was killed by the Alien with music by Jerry Goldsmith. Some of the music in Lost in Space was from Bernard Herrmann.

[@stellviahohenheim]

Nah John Williams copied a lot of his music

[@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv]

@@stellviahohenheim Or he didn't or everyone is using the same notes so its all copied. John did reuse stuff of his own. Most movie composers do.

[@Timmy51m]

Incredibly satisfying to watch someone smile because a stylus falls out of their ipad. The little things.

[@copperweave]

"Back at home we all have a lot of work to do", and the music being copyrighted so it can't be shared with everyone... this is such an important mission but I can't help but feel a little dystopian about it all. We can't even pretend that this is "for" everyone, and that... just takes out so much of the awe of this achievement.

[@BMrider75]

Great, Scott. Excellent assessment of the mission. Glad you focussed on the violin, thanks. I'm a violist and am intrigued.. Wonderful stuff!

[@CLipka2373]

For the records: Rebreathers aslso qualify as scuba sets, and actually were the first devices to which the acronym (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) was applied. A proper antonym to "Rebreather" would be "Aqualung".

[@MarcPorlier]

Isn’t it also the most people in space vacuum at the same time?

[@thomasboese3793]

Indeed it was.

[@toberius1]

Progress!

[@EdwardRLyons]

Yes. The maximum was three previously, with three crew on EVA during STS-49 (the only three-person EVA so far), but also a few occasions during EVAs on Apollo and Skylab, when all three crew were in vacuum while one or two of them were performing EVA. Plus, during difficulties with the first Skylab docking the Apollo capsule was depressurised so that the docking probe could be checked for any malfunctions, but all three crew remained inside the cabin. Some people also count the three Soyuz 11 crew who were killed during reentry when their capsule depressurised above 100 km because of a faulty valve. They weren't wearing pressure suits. Ever since, Sokol pressure suits have been used on every Soyuz launch/landing.

[@captaincat1743]

No, the Indian space shuttle had 4 internal occupants, but also 83 people sat on the roof when it went to space.

[@mastershooter64]

Wouldn't the ISS have had more?

[@trevornewkirk3224]

There was a point in reentry when the person sitting stage right was bouncing her leg, and I took it as a nervous outlet. I actually thought it was pretty cool as it showed their humanity. Astronauts are always shown to be cooler than cucumbers. But even to the coolest operator, reentry has to be a touch hair raising.

[@ser_igel]

while it is true, i remember watching Apollo 11 documentary and like i have elevated heart rate (tachycardia) and my resting is about 90-100 i know it's high but i was still amazed to hear that the highest heart rate on the launch was 110 (neil), then 99 and 88 for collins and aldrin respectively armstrong had 110 when he was landing on the moon and 156 at the time of touchdown while it's a bit high, remember that he needed to assume control from the autopilot because it was guiding them to a huge crater they are humans, no doubt, but they are still built different

[@leod1671]

I was looking forward to your point of view on this historic flight. Cheers

[@UristMcKerman]

What's historic about it?

[@CumulusGranitis]

Awesome as always Scott. The icing on the cake in this one goes to Anna and the look on her face when at 15:35 her pen is pulled from her knee pack storage by the soft gee of the reentry burn. She gets an almost child like expression of joy on her face as she observes the behaviour of her tethered pen. A mixture of "what are you doing" surprise followed by curiosity and an "okay lets play with you look" of discovery. Absolutely priceless.

[@danbreyfogle8486]

Thank you Scott, you are my only source for space news because I know you will go beyond the short headline.

[@aaronbarnard9816]

Hopefully SpaceX will release the full HD version without broadcast distortion, lost signals, and crowd cheering.

[@RickSanchez_85]

Never

[@IamCombustible]

It’s spacex brother, they aren’t ever going to upload a video that doesn’t include off-putting performative whoops every five seconds

[@vaska00762]

It's SpaceX, they're never going to release footage onto any platform other than Twitter, thanks to Elon being Elon.

[@Pipe0481]

All of you forgot about the netflix doc?

[@aaronbarnard9816]

@@Pipe0481 They did one for inspiration four. Was anything confirmed they'd do it for Polaris?

[@nfnworldpeace1992]

18:20 jared giving that hug while transfering space dust on the man :P

[@jesterlead]

I'd be the first astronaut that slept through takeoff. Nothing like a warm comfy chair, low rumble background noise and nothing on the calendar for a few days.....

[@judet2992]

You’d be crushed into your chair with at least 2.5 times Earth gravity. I guess you like really heavy weighted blankets?

[@infinitespace2520]

​@@judet2992Ngl, that sounds weirdly cozy

[@jesterlead]

@@judet2992 Former Air-Cav. :). 2.5 G's doesn't even clear my sinuses. Seriously, I'd be sound asleep....

[@nathanaelvetters2684]

​@@jesterlead I don't think anyone is going to send you to space if you think astronauts have nothing on the calendar at any point while in space

[@СергейБолдин-в9м]

Well, your calendar will probably be full of experiments, sports trainings, meetings, et cetera. Unless you have $$$$$ to pay to Elon Musk or 😏 Jeff Bezos to make a space tour for you.

[@Timeward76]

This video made me cry. Seeing him climb out of the capsule and see the earth as the camera adapted to its light was genuinely moving to me. everything about this mission is just awe-inspiring... And seeing people who aren't professional astronauts just experiencing the awe of space, the awe of being in orbit, such a rare and exclusive experience, is genuinely beautiful. I cant imagine how they must've felt during reentry.

[@Trooper6190]

Ditto, watched it while I was getting ready for work in the morning and was not expecting that reaction at all. I sobbed and just took in how beautiful earth was in that moment. It just welled up out of no where.

[@executivesteps]

Not professional? They spent 2-1/2 years training for this mission.

[@zognaldblormpf5127]

I hope you're a girl lol

[@shmuelrosenthal6661]

I teared up at that too. I wonder if his words were pre-planned or spontaneous. Either way, they were beautiful.

[@stellviahohenheim]

Stop eating too much soy bro

[@rolfw2336]

Thx Scott! Nice collection of the less newsworthy bits of this mission! I would have liked to know a bit more about their radiation exposure, and what they were actually measuring for that.

[@domoredujordan]

Thank you for including the musical portion, I need to go watch it now. I didn't know about it!

[@davidaustin1276]

Dumping used air actually makes sense in that it will carry away some of the heat build up, so aiding thermal management.

[@justinbrown691]

Statistically, every trip and experience in space is a relevant data-point.

[@Helixal]

I still can hear the childhood joy of you sharing these new details. Keep it up!

[@bewilderbeestie]

The next launch is clearly going to be Polaris Brunch. Or possibly Polaris Elevenses, if they have a majority of British crew.

[@TheEvilmooseofdoom]

What about breakfast? And 2nd breakfast? ;)

[@Forest_Fifer]

Polaris Afternoon Tea..

[@charleslord2433]

When I saw the "gigawatt" stickers last night I a!most fell out of my chair! 😂😂😂

[@thomasboese3793]

The first graffiti in space.

[@jeffjames3111]

I really hope they leave them there

[@u1zha]

@@thomasboese3793 I'm 99% certain there's plenty of drawings on ISS walls, in addition to all the official mission stickers

[@twtoombs]

As always, thanks Scott for an informative and professional video.

[@frankgulla2335]

Scott, thank you for the well-edited and commented review of the Polaris Dawn mission. You do such great work..

[@jordansmith4040]

This footage gave me anxiety. I am happy here on the ground, thanks. I am also happy that other people enjoy being up so high.

[@johnpaulvanson5170]

10:30 I'm surprised to hear the timing of the space walk was when it was. When they were starting to repressurize afterwards and checking suit pressures there was a hot mic incident courtesy the VOX of what sounding like Jared saying "I wanted to EVA during the f___ing day" quite energetically. I rewound and relistened to that part of the live stream multiple times to make sure I heard it right, the tone was just so unexpected I couldn't believe I'd heard it right. SpaceX's talking heads seemed taken aback by it, trying to act like they heard nothing and there was a reminder a couple minutes after that mics were still on VOX.

[@AdmiralThumbs]

I followed the news and livestreams about this mission pretty closely, yet yhis video provided a good amount of new info/context that I didn't know before. And for the items I did know, I think you covered them really well.

[@riparianlife97701]

The first Russian and the first American to spacewalk each almost died, because their suits were too rigid in space. BOTH had the opportunity to say the suit sucked, and re-pressurize their capsules, and both lied and said they were fine.

[@DarkTheFailure]

Test pilots truly were just built different

[@executivesteps]

Total BS. Ed White didn’t almost die getting back into the Gemini capsule.

[@glennac]

If YOU had a chance to walk in space, and had trained for it for well over a year, would YOU back down at the moment the hatch opened and you realized the suit was stiff? “No, I’m good! Let’s do this!” 😄

[@tonyseath2278]

Rubbish

[@mikezappulla4092]

But that’s not accurate now is it. Alexei did get in some trouble and had to manually reduce the pressure in his suit because it was too rigid after inflating once he was outside the capsule. If this was not an option he potentially could been in a life threatening scenario due to difficulty reentering the capsule. Ed had trouble moving and with maneuvers due to the suit rigidity but was in no way in danger of losing his life. Also, there was a lot of political pressure on Alexei to say that everything went perfect. He later disclosed the dangerous situation he was in. Ed literally said it was the most fun he had ever had. It was the engineers that noticed his difficultly moving and went on to address this issue.

[@alanhansbarger6025]

Really enjoyed your report. You covered a lot of details that I did not notice in the original live feeds. Thank you!

[@susanyoung6579]

I make it a point to skip other coverage of such events and get my updates here. Haven't been disappointed yet. Thanks Scott!

[@HutchCA]

This reminds me that Ron McNair was planning to record a saxophone solo on board the Challenger, which would have been the first original piece of music to have been recorded in space.

[@butchs.4239]

Sixth Rendez-Vous (Ron's Piece) by Jean-Michel Jarre. Lovely recreation of it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/epLam4CYnr52p8k

[@CapitaineNautilus]

Rendez vous 6, by Jean-Michel Jarre.

[@slartybarfastb3648]

The Dry Tortugas is a mostly underwater extension of the Florida Keys to the west of Key West. It has some small mangrove islands capped at the farthest point by Fort Monroe. This creates a large wave protected area called Florida Bay.

[@nooblangpoo]

7:13 so you're telling me we can service Space Telescopes again? HUBBLE CHANDRA, IT'S TIME

[@tayet6875]

Wouldn't that be marvelous?! I hope these missions are on their roster

[@harkonen1000000]

NASA might not be thrilled with the open cycle thing.

[@DanCalle]

Thanks, Scott! You were dead on right about what we come to your channel for, and what to do a deeper dive on.

[@toestub-uk4en]

In an article about Boeing vs. SpaceX vs NASA eva suit designs the author mentioned that the biggest bugabboo to all designs was the gloves. During extended EVA's astronauts fingernails tend to de-laminate. They separate from the fingers while working. There have been over 20 instances. It is such a problem that, when scheduled for an extended EVA some choose to have their fingernails surgically removed before the mission. Sounds pretty painful. When I read that my respect, already high, for these people went up even more.

[@jordansorenson698]

GREAT SCOTT MANLEY!!!

[@frankowalker4662]

This is a heavy comment.

[@aspzx]

​@@frankowalker4662 Heavy? Why, is there a problem with the earth's gravitational pull?

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

​@@aspzxOn the contrary, it's the acceleration to 88MPH that is artificially increasing its weight.

[@TexanUSMC8089]

Of course the engineer had to examine the hatch seal. lol Well done. This is a historic mission and should be on every TV channel...but it's not.

[@RickSanchez_85]

Because there is so little to nothing to see.

[@zam6877]

I like the idea of having an engineer on board

[@aztronomy7457]

"Historic" we did our first EVA 60 years ago....

[@randomnickify]

It was on every TV channel, they mentioned it and moved on, like with every news.

[@RickSanchez_85]

@@randomnickify and why shouldn't they? Wasn't different back in 1965

[@GadZookz]

It would be great if they would let him take a crew up to fix Hubble. Maybe with the success of this mission NASA will reconsider.

[@executivesteps]

Not with those crappy suits! After 5 minutes in the shade and doing nothing those suits were at 33 c (93 F). They ain’t t doing squat in those suits.

[@RighteousInquisition]

@@executivesteps Yeah the suits will require redesign however they've proven that they have the capacity to complete a spacewalk and have the resources and training to do so .

[@somercet1]

Why such modest goals? Why not bring Hubble down, fix the damn main lens, and then put it back into place with new fuel/comms?

[@GadZookz]

@@somercet1 at that altitude they must have been hit by record levels of ionising radiation but they didn’t seem to say how well the suits protected them. I wonder how much this could affect their lifetime limits for total exposure.

[@framegrace1]

Why spend money fixing a 30 yo failing piece of technology? It makes no sense, really. Just trying to make stuff to interface or replace Shuttle era equipment will cost billions in testing. We can make it a lot cheaper from scratch. If something like Hubble is needed, is cheaper and better just make a new and improved one and send it. They can ever reuse the optics, NASA has replacements, and one of them was already planned to be used on a suspended project.

[@CantankerousDave]

They did a similar non-realtime “duet” from the ISS with an astronaut playing a flute piece with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull. Looks like it was in 2019.

[@Fannystark007]

Oh, I totally forgot about Chris Hadfield from Canada

[@johnstewart579]

Thank you Scott for the in depth analysis of these new EVA suits

[@PaulCashman]

Top-shelf content here again from Scott....like THAT's anything new. :)

[@lordneeko]

Also, as a cellist, im almost certain that violin bow is a composite bow, which would be a great idea so it doesn't compress or expand. The violin itself though is certainly impressive that thye protected it. (Probably not an expensive one 😜)

[@Loanshark753]

1) Are composite bows good? 2) Are Composite instruments good?

[@interestedinstuff]

Thanks for the break down. I thought the internal temp and RH readings were a bit high. Being in a suit at 33 degs C would not be particularly pleasant. Would also take them through more water as their body tries to cool them. So I guess no one died and thus it was a successful mission, but they've got a bit of stuff still to do.

[@markholm7050]

I noticed that too.

[@executivesteps]

Exactly. SpaceX knows those suits are crap. That’s why they did only 5 minutes in the Earth!s shadow with absolutely no exertion.

[@bigbaddms]

The Apollo suits had cooling lines throughout. Those spacex suits look very slender. I wonder if they have coolant lines throughout?

[@electricalmayhem]

⁠@@bigbaddmsthey are air cooled not liquid cooled. Makes them thinner but early nasa suits which were air cooled struggled when doing actual work which why they switched to liquid…

[@samm928]

​@electricalmayhem they look like groundhogs .. just picking their head out .. That not a spacewalk by any means

[@AbuPaul]

Thank you, Scott! You, Marcus and Felix keep us informed about all things space and I truly appreciate that. I love your videos!!

[@TexanMiror2]

Thank you for this video - a lot of the info on this mission has been lacking in other media forms, and your video here is super informative! Polaris is an amazing scientific and engineering test program, and I think most people don't appreciate it enough. The footage has been beautiful as well. I look forward to the future of, well, whatever they will turn this program into, because all the options look great - maybe an actual in-space service or debris removal mission? Maybe a mission to a private space station in the future? Maybe even Starship. It's gonna be great.

[@feedingravens]

Nevertheless I cannot imagine a more fitting song as Chris Hatfield singing "Space Oddity" in the ISS - sitting in a tincan, far above the world. Planet earth is blue and there's nothing he can do (except singing a song of which David Bowie in 1969 probably would have never thought that it would ever be recorded in space)

[@Left4Coragem]

I really hope this is a new beginning for crewed space missions.

[@donjones4719]

Jared had to manually open the hatch because when he turned the crank the little bit needed to unlock it he left the handle on the edge of the "Do Not Stow" arc. That locked-out the powered mechanism. This can be deduced from the conversation CapCom had with Sarah later.

[@RickSanchez_85]

More like the "do not show" arc since we never saw him opening the hatch on cam

[@mortenpetersen8888]

Great walkthrough of this epic journey, thanks for sharing

[@tinkeringinthailand8147]

I take my hat off to all these guys, there is so much risk involved. I'm so glad it all went well.

[@TheSgtphillips]

The panels you say expand due to gas behind them apear to be intentionally inflated, the one on the ceiling appears to be some kind of airbag to cushion the the door being flung open, and the one on top of the displays could be for the same reason🤔

[@OliverStabile]

It was really cool to see the suits come out

[@xHomu]

11:50 "Starliner uses Microsoft Surface Tablets" ouch

[@dennisvanmierlo]

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe MICROS~1 pushed an update to these tablets that screwed up the capsule software 😂

[@Torby4096]

No wonder there were delays🤔

[@SimonBauer7]

yeah thats an oof, surface Tablets arent known for being the fastest or good.

[@JrIcify]

At least it's not Logitech

[@grantcourtenay1591]

Just absolutely luv your show Scott, in my opinion the best channel out there with everyday Astronaut 😀

[@edosaUeweka1]

Thanks Scott for your educational information about what was happening.

[@petermoore9504]

I liked the 1.21 Gigawatt writing on the side of the seat - nice reference to Back to the Future

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

We got microgravity violin, a truly 21st century EVA suit, The best view of earth seen by human eyes in decades, A dragon that can reach the Hubble Space Telescope and support EVA, The power of the handheld supercomputer that is the modern phone running experiments and keeping astronauts connected like never before. Even though the prototype array had the dragon literally talking out of its arse, I’m sure they’ll integrate Starlink powered wi-fi with a retrofit of existing capsules and as standard in new capsules

[@executivesteps]

The EVA suit was functionally the same as Ed White’s 1965 Gemini suit. And he left the spacecraft for 20 minutes.

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

@@executivesteps but with modern style and material science

[@ohasis8331]

Wonder what the flerfers and deniers will have to say.

[@digitalnomad9985]

@@ohasis8331 Nothing new, I'll warrant.

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

​@@digitalnomad9985When they're in an echo chamber, they needn't think of anything new! 😅

[@stigbengtsson7026]

The whole space capsule was as in space "vacuum" so it was a test, as I se it to learn how it works in this conditions...🤔 looks good

[@mikerochelle4816]

Excellent summary Scott! Godspeed! 🚀

[@merrywissemes]

I’m glad you addressed his hand. That kind of alarmed me.

[@Jetfixerlady]

Did anyone else notice that Sarah Gillis REALLY whipped her arm around when it was her turn for the mobility checks? Freaked me out a little and increased my respect for her as an engineer testing the products she worked on.

[@brin6449]

the recovery stream had some of the most amazing shots I've ever seen. It felt like a sci-fi/documentary film - all live streamed from a drone over the ocean.

[@christophe5756]

Scott, you have 1.7 MILLION subscribers who love and are grateful for your work. Please, don’t let some wacked-out comment here or there get you down. 👍🏽👍🏽

[@rocketsocks]

This was the best and most detailed summary of the mission I've seen so far, thanks.

[@tomz1364]

Great video. Answers all the questions I had and more. Great work Scott.

[@Ban00]

That was brave of those astronauts 🎉

[@matthewkaiser7803]

Note - 8:18 - The border between Pakistan and India is the only border we can see, (at night), the entire border has a lighting on a fence.

[@xapplezapple3453]

there are quite a few borders that can be seen from space

[@fladder1]

Yeah, that "inside the helmet so we get a pov image" camera was a nice idea, but I am not a fan. They really should move the camera to a point outside the visor. Way to much reflection of of the visor to be of any actual use in a lot of situations.

[@damianfirecaster7230]

Great video and commentary on this great flight. We Love you Scott Manley :)

[@malcolmthomas817]

Thanks Scott, as ever great additions and insights for us space enthusiasts. Yours is by far the best channel.

[@johnnyhollis9977]

A great mission from start to finish, Boeing could learn a few lessons from this! Just a pity that the other 2 crew members didn't get a chance to experience the fantastic views. It must have been a bit like visiting somewhere and not getting out of the car!! 😥

[@Erevos85]

How well did the iPhones and the iPads handle the vacuum? Since they didn't have air to dissipate heat, I believe that they would have gotten pretty warm and throttling.

[@lepidoptera9337]

Very good question... and easily testable on Earth. One can get a 3 gallon vacuum pot with pump for $125 on the internet! Wow. That's amazingly cheap.

[@SkanRashkae]

8 min mark(ish ), looks like a perfect blue and green marble to me.

[@christopherrasmussen8546]

Really enjoyed this flight. You can say what you will but I remember Apollo 13 and space is no joke.

[@johnbrant2454]

Superb coverage of the Dawn mission!

[@mshepard2264]

On those iPhones i wonder if they have to pop the seals a bit so the air can get out quick enough. The ipads and the MS surface are way less waterproof and would be fine. They might overheat if you ran them for a while though.

[@SimonBauer7]

they wont overheat, there is air in the capsule like on earth, so passive and active cooling works just fine

[@totallycarbon2106]

​@@SimonBauer7 there isn't air in the capsule after opening the hatch to perform EVA - which I believe is what the original commenter is referring to.

[@skylarking12]

It's an uprated launch/entry suit, being pushed to it's limits. I don't think the current design is going to be able to go much farther but it's a pathfinder design towards something more suit-able in the future.

[@executivesteps]

33 C (93 F) after 5 minutes of doing nothing in the shade. You’ll never see those suits again …ever.

[@HNedel]

@@executivestepsmaybe, who knows… surely not you

[@jnawk83]

> Suit-able. I see what you did there 😂

[@slavabtomat]

Surprised the flat earthers haven't crapped up the comment section. Silent as mice they are.

[@davidadams421]

Man, that is so good to see. Very glad we're getting back out there.

[@ClayBellBrews]

As always way better commentary than live :) They should just hire you.

[@CD3WD-Project]

Cell phone roaming fees must be a pain in the ass from space...

[@tomhenry897]

Be next to the satellite

[@liquidsnakex]

Not when you own the company that provides the connection

[@nocknock4832]

Good thing it was starlink with a wifi router 😉

[@dejongdon]

Who has roaming fees anymore?

[@SimonBauer7]

​@@dejongdoneu doesnt. but other countries do.