** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

[LostCorpse]

what was that abour storing a bar in the do not store area?

 

[darkgen]

what was that abour storing a bar in the do not store area?

I assumed this related to the hatch or perhaps the locking handle which can be inset against it when opened or hinged at a certain angle or near or against the capsule walls.

 

[NotTheOne]

sounded like they were checking that part of the hatch or handle wasn't protuding into a 'keep clear' area? she replied that it was 'just outside [the area]'

 

[JRS]

Incredible.

 

[Stu999]

LOL, why did they cut away when the hatch was actually opened? So strange.

 

[Wizzkidy]

LOL, why did they cut away when the hatch was actually opened? So strange.

They lost ground contact for the video feed. Audio is performed by Starlink, not strange at all.

Anyone suggesting this is fake just insults all the hard work that has gone into this mission and all other missions, please stop it.

 

[LostCorpse]

n/a

 

[Stu999]

They lost ground contact for the video feed. Audio is performed by Starlink, not strange at all.

Anyone suggesting this is fake just insults all the hard work that has gone into this mission and all other missions, please stop it.

I’ll wait for you to find where I said it was fake.

I’m saying it would have been interesting to see that process.

 

[Neil79]

LOL, why did they cut away when the hatch was actually opened? So strange.

Probably to protect the viewers if it all went badly wrong...

 

[PlacidCasual]

I'm assuming one of the major purposes of this space walk was to test design elements of SpaceX own internal spacesuit programme. Given what Isaacman was doing I can easily see that kind of field test playing into the design of the next version of a more mobile spacewalk suit.

 

[Stu999]

Probably to protect the viewers if it all went badly wrong...

Yeah, that’s the most likely reason.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

The movement in the suit did look incredibly restricted in the arms. I don't recall NASA suits being quite so rigid.

 

[PlacidCasual]

The movement in the suit did look incredibly restricted in the arms. I don't recall NASA suits being quite so rigid.

I think this was the first flight of this suit, the regular suits are only for crew protection during ascent/descent so no real need for mobility in a vacuum they probably just balloon up in such an event giving poor mobility but keep the crew alive. A true space suit is a different beast with different challenges hence the joints and articulation. But I absolutely agree the looked very limiting, hence my belief the space walk was entirely so they could test the suit.

 

[LostCorpse]

they could probably benifift from an internal suit exoskeletal assist.
the pressure diff looks to have caused issues with the suit mobility.

i got the impression the people were also concerned with the connection to the umbilicale one of them kept touching it

 

[Feek]

I was expecting an actual spacewalk, not whackamole in space

Pop up, pop down. Pop up, pop down.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

i got the impression the people were also concerned with the connection to the umbilicale one of them kept touching it

They'd soon know if it wasn't there. Or more likely, they wouldn't have time to process it.

 

[sidimmu]

I was expecting an actual spacewalk, not whackamole in space

For All Mankind got you forgetting our current limitations/expectations?
Jest ofc.

 

[LostCorpse]

They'd soon know if it wasn't there. Or more likely, they wouldn't have time to process it.

i'd hope they'd have a self sealing valve or something. but yes i agree. maybe phycosematic as a life line.

 

[gettothechopper]

hanging out of the sunroof < spacewalk

 

[lookitsjonno]

Anyone suggesting this is fake just insults all the hard work that has gone into this mission and all other missions, please stop it.

Nothing to see here, just changing the green screen