Astronomer Reveals The Dangers of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Mission

Space is an unnatural environment for humans.

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Can we stop calling it a "mission"? This is an expensive vacation for billionaires, not a scientific endeavor.
- Eh, perhaps mission is a bit much, with the military connotations, but they are testing some valid hypotheses, like will high radiation render billionaires sterile/cancer ridden and will an untested spacesuit kill one. Worthy in my mind.
  
  Morbid humour aside, it's not totally a joyride, could be worse.
  
  Just because it's dangerous and not always fun doesn't make it a "mission". Exactly like when some rich schmuck pays 150k to climb Everest.
I just hope they built the spacecraft from Boeing's best expired carbon fiber.
It's crazy they plan to do this with no atmosphere inside the spacecraft. They'll be in their suits the entire mission?

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