elon musk just revealed polaris dawn ambitious mission the first crewed launch of spacex polaris
dawn is scheduled for december the spacewalk that the crew members on board will carry out will be
the first from a crew dragon spacecraft and the first on a private mission the mission will be
led by billionaire jared isaacmen so what is this mission all about elon musk will update us all
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and let's get started according to musk the polaris dawn's astronauts have a challenging
journey ahead of them after launching no earlier than december 2022 the four crew members
of polaris dawn intend to execute the first commercial spacewalk while once again raising
money for st jew children's hospital in memphis jared isaacman a billionaire and astronaut for
inspiration 4 paid for all four seats on spacex's crew dragon for both that mission and the upcoming
voyage while in orbit last year he and the other inspiration for astronauts donated 250 million
dollars for st jude so let's meet the crew with their many biographies jared isaacman polaris
dawn commander space flight veteran jared isaacman age 38 led the spacex inspiration for mission that
launched to earth orbit in september 2021 as the founder and ceo of shift 4 payments he earned a
billion dollars which he used to pay for the trip he has about 6 000 hours of flight experience and
in addition to his business activities he has done piloting responsibilities such as
fast-paced world circumnavigation air shows and running a jet pilot instruction company drakken
international the first two in a planned series of flights that isaac men will take with various
crews are inspiration four and polaris dawn isaac man told the washington post that he hopes the
upcoming missions will be similarly helpful to humanity as inspiration 4 which was primarily
focused on raising money for charity and raised 240 million dollars for the saint jude children's
research hospital in memphis over several months he stated that he would only agree to participate
in the extra flights if they serve the larger objective of opening up space for everyone
and making humankind a multi-planetary species and ideally have a benefit for the things we're
trying to accomplish back here on earth polaris dawn mission pilot scott poteet according to his
polariston biography scott kidd poteet age unknown is a retired united states air force lieutenant
colonel and a pilot with more than 3 200 flight hours in a variety of aircraft including the f-16
a4 t-38 t-37 t3 and alpha jet he's also participated in the operations northern watch
southern watch joint guardian freedom sentinel and resolute support for more than 400 hours
during the course of his 20 years of service he held a number of top positions with the air force
including commander of the 64th aggressor squadron the usaf thunderbird number four display pilot
operational test and evaluation pilot and flight examiner poteet joins the mission as isaac men's
long time associate he served as vice president of strategy at shift 4 and director of business
development at drakken international both of which are owned by isaac men although isaac no longer
owns drakken poteet served as inspiration for his mission director as well aside from his job kidd
is known as an exceptional collegiate runner and has participated in 15 ironman triathlons since
2000. polaris dot mission specialist sarah gillis lead space operations engineer sarah gillis whose
age is unknown works for spacex she's now in charge of the company's new astronaut training
initiative which includes flights like inspiration 4 and nasa crew dragon missions demo 2 and crew 1.
according to her biography gillis also has experience with mission control operations
including roles as crew communicator for dragon human space flight missions
and navigation officer for dragon cargo resupply flight while attending the university of colorado
boulder to study dance and engineering gillis began working at spacex as an intern in 2015.
her original career goal was to become a classical violinist but after speaking with her high school
mentor former nasa astronaut joe tanner she decided to pursue aerospace engineering instead
gillis likes to go hiking rock climbing and camping in the woods and her free time polaris
don mission specialist and medical officer anna menon at spacex anna menon a lead space
operation engineer whose age is unknown oversees the development of crew operations and serves as
both a mission director and a crew communicator in mission control her biography lists nasa crude
space flights demo 2 and crew 1 as well as the uncrewed cargo mission crs-22 and crs-23
as some of her major mission control missions her biography indicates that during her time at spacex
she has managed the installation of dragon crew capabilities including in the creation of the crew
communicator operator role and established crucial operational solutions to vehicle crises such as
a fire or cabin depressurization menin previously held the position of biomedical flight controller
for the international space station at nasa for seven years the responsibilities of this position
included leading the biomedical operations for expeditions 47 and 48 as well as assisting crews
of the orbiting space station and collaborating with engineers and medical professionals from
other countries menon has worked as a biomedical engineer to put experience into practice in
organizations like the world health organization engineers without borders and engineering world
health men and credits are fourth grade teacher allison smith bulk whose father michael j smith
the pilot of the space shuttle challenger who died in the tragedy that destroyed the shuttle in 1986
was sparking her interest in space travel hiking piloting microplanes salsa dancing and family
activities are among mennon's pastimes setting a new orbital altitude record by performing its
spacewalk from a very small spacex crew dragon circling the earth the polaris dawn team hopes
to shatter the mold after that the crew will ascend to a record-breaking orbital altitude
another crew member the polaris dawn anna menon of spacex stated that a ton of new development
is underway to support it the group will have to make improvements to the crew dragon spacecraft's
life support systems in order to reach this challenging aim the suit development that
is in place for this mission set mining is really going to help us learn and we'll be able to expand
on this as we go to the moon and ultimately to mars according to sarah gillis a second spacex
employee who's also involved in the mission this is the development program and as part
of that this is a totally new training program we are designing i believe we will gain a lot of
knowledge as we proceed furthermore the team plans to test communications with spacex's starlink
satellite constellation and fly crew dragon at the highest apogee for a crude mission in earth orbit
1 400 kilometers in order to fly crew dragon in this orbit polaris dawn will undoubtedly be an
educational experience no matter what occurs and we'll attempt to learn a great deal along
the route in order to get there isaac been said meanwhile due to supply chain challenges including
bid concerns and software development the spacex launch scheduled for september 28th on behalf of
the space development agency was delayed a new american missile defense system won't go
on display for a while according to reports supply chain issues in the fallout from bid protests will
cause spacex's anticipated launch of trench zero the initial component of the anti-satellite weapon
tracking system to be delayed from late september to december at the very least the department
of defense has made tracking hypersonic weapons such as those being developed by china and russia
a top priority but the director of the acquisition division told reporters out of washington d.c that
the launch schedule was an optimistic estimate according to defense news derrick tournier a
director of the space development agency remarked at the washington space business roundtable that
it's more of an ego hit to us than anything the announcement coincides with significant recent
developments in american hypersonic weaponry flight tests of hypersonic air breathing
weapon concepts and new hypersonic weapon defense prototypes are two recent u.s military projects
six satellites have also been launched by the u.s to form the new space-based infrared system
geosynchronous earth orbit constellation and i think that's going to do it for today's video
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