@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoHere’s why a Japanese billionaire just canceled his lunar flight on Starshiparstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up150cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up150external-linkHere’s why a Japanese billionaire just canceled his lunar flight on Starshiparstechnica.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoOh FFS! It could have been like OceanGate but in space!
minus-squareAwesomeLowlanderlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoNot really, given there would have been test runs approved by NASA first
minus-square@[email protected]MlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoAnd the Polaris Program flight! We’ll see if that one or the first crewed HLS mission end up happening first.
minus-square@[email protected]MlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoAs a side note, it’s actually easier to build a pressure vessel to deal with space than the deep sea. 1 atm is about 15psi, vs 6000 psi at the Titanic.
Oh FFS! It could have been like OceanGate but in space!
Not really, given there would have been test runs approved by NASA first
And the Polaris Program flight! We’ll see if that one or the first crewed HLS mission end up happening first.
As a side note, it’s actually easier to build a pressure vessel to deal with space than the deep sea. 1 atm is about 15psi, vs 6000 psi at the Titanic.