llamacoffee@lemmy.world to SpaceXEnglish · 5 months agoSpaceX announces first human mission to ever fly over the planet’s polesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down16
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minus-squareTheHolm@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoThey are definitely not giving a f^&* over radiation belts. Polaris dawn and now this one. But we need know orbit details to be sure.
minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoA low orbit won’t spend much time outside the belts, and they’re not spending months in orbit.
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoThey ran the calculations and while it’s not great, a few orbits is a very manageable risk. Wouldn’t want to be in a permanent space station up there though.
They are definitely not giving a f^&* over radiation belts. Polaris dawn and now this one. But we need know orbit details to be sure.
A low orbit won’t spend much time outside the belts, and they’re not spending months in orbit.
They ran the calculations and while it’s not great, a few orbits is a very manageable risk. Wouldn’t want to be in a permanent space station up there though.