“If you can go on a roller-coaster ride, you should be fine for going on Dragon,” Musk said. The official rules of the competition do require people to be at least 18 years old, no taller than 1.98 meters, no heavier than 113.4 kilograms and “physically and psychologically fit for training and Spaceflight.”
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I am a bit concerned by the random character of the thing.I think it would make more sense of getting say 10 individuals from the raffle at random, but then do a bona fide mini astronaut selection among this small group.
I am very curious about the orbit which will be selected. Since you are not going to ISS the inclination of 51.6 is not mandatory. But then all the safeguard strategy has to be reassessed.Also I was wondering if the Dragon nose-cone cap has to be opened. I know there are sensors and thrusters there but are they needed if there is no rendezvous and docking.
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From a touristic viewpoint i would go for the highest inclination achievable and relatively low altitude (ISS like or lower). I wonder what will be their choice.
Quote from: hektor on 02/03/2021 09:17 amFrom a touristic viewpoint i would go for the highest inclination achievable and relatively low altitude (ISS like or lower). I wonder what will be their choice.I agree with a low orbit with the highest inclination possible. Could Crew Dragon be launched into a Polar Orbit? Make this the first crewed launch into Polar Orbit.
Quote from: Brovane on 02/04/2021 01:47 pmQuote from: hektor on 02/03/2021 09:17 amFrom a touristic viewpoint i would go for the highest inclination achievable and relatively low altitude (ISS like or lower). I wonder what will be their choice.I agree with a low orbit with the highest inclination possible. Could Crew Dragon be launched into a Polar Orbit? Make this the first crewed launch into Polar Orbit. I doubt it's got the capability with reusability. Vostok launched to within 2 degrees of the Arctic circle, so is close to polar.
Quote from: daedalus1 on 02/04/2021 01:58 pmQuote from: Brovane on 02/04/2021 01:47 pmQuote from: hektor on 02/03/2021 09:17 amFrom a touristic viewpoint i would go for the highest inclination achievable and relatively low altitude (ISS like or lower). I wonder what will be their choice.I agree with a low orbit with the highest inclination possible. Could Crew Dragon be launched into a Polar Orbit? Make this the first crewed launch into Polar Orbit. I doubt it's got the capability with reusability. Vostok launched to within 2 degrees of the Arctic circle, so is close to polar.Nope, it was a 64 degree inclination. STS-36 was 62 degrees so the Vostoks/Voskhod/Soyuz 22 still have the record for highest inclination at 64-65 degrees, I believe.
Quote from: Welsh Dragon on 02/04/2021 04:21 pmQuote from: daedalus1 on 02/04/2021 01:58 pmQuote from: Brovane on 02/04/2021 01:47 pmQuote from: hektor on 02/03/2021 09:17 amFrom a touristic viewpoint i would go for the highest inclination achievable and relatively low altitude (ISS like or lower). I wonder what will be their choice.I agree with a low orbit with the highest inclination possible. Could Crew Dragon be launched into a Polar Orbit? Make this the first crewed launch into Polar Orbit. I doubt it's got the capability with reusability. Vostok launched to within 2 degrees of the Arctic circle, so is close to polar.Nope, it was a 64 degree inclination. STS-36 was 62 degrees so the Vostoks/Voskhod/Soyuz 22 still have the record for highest inclination at 64-65 degrees, I believe.Well the Arctic circle is 66 degrees, so yes.
Quote from: daedalus1 on 02/04/2021 05:03 pmQuote from: Welsh Dragon on 02/04/2021 04:21 pmQuote from: daedalus1 on 02/04/2021 01:58 pmQuote from: Brovane on 02/04/2021 01:47 pmQuote from: hektor on 02/03/2021 09:17 amFrom a touristic viewpoint i would go for the highest inclination achievable and relatively low altitude (ISS like or lower). I wonder what will be their choice.I agree with a low orbit with the highest inclination possible. Could Crew Dragon be launched into a Polar Orbit? Make this the first crewed launch into Polar Orbit. I doubt it's got the capability with reusability. Vostok launched to within 2 degrees of the Arctic circle, so is close to polar.Nope, it was a 64 degree inclination. STS-36 was 62 degrees so the Vostoks/Voskhod/Soyuz 22 still have the record for highest inclination at 64-65 degrees, I believe.Well the Arctic circle is 66 degrees, so yes.So Vostok was close to the Arctic Circle, but literally no one in the launch business considers that "close to polar".
Quote from: Brovane on 02/04/2021 01:47 pmQuote from: hektor on 02/03/2021 09:17 amFrom a touristic viewpoint i would go for the highest inclination achievable and relatively low altitude (ISS like or lower). I wonder what will be their choice.I agree with a low orbit with the highest inclination possible. Could Crew Dragon be launched into a Polar Orbit? Make this the first crewed launch into Polar Orbit. Have you considered the logistics of a rescue for an abort over the Arctic? Plus I thing you would go pretty hard on radiation, there's a reason you only see auroras there. Those are ionizing particles.