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Quote from: Bob Niland on 07/21/2021 11:10 pmSAS is space adaptation syndrome. Perhaps Spacely Spacelines can partially pre-screen for that by ferrying the pax out to the platforms on small Zodiacs. I can tell you from personal experience that zero-gee feels nothing at all like anything water-related, whether it's a ride across choppy waters in small boats or even underwater neutral buoyancy. The Zodiac ride hits your inner ear with continuously shifting acceleration changes while zero-gee is a constant lack of acceleration. In an underwater neutral buoyancy situation there is still a very definite up and down. While you are technically weightless, your insides aren't. You can tell if your head is pointed toward the bottom of the pool because the fluids in your inner ear pool downward. You can feel your internal organs shift position as you change from head up to head down. Breathing feels different in different positions as the compression of your diaphragm changes. In zero-gee, on the other hand, it's all the same. Whereas in 0g, unless you move something violently enough to generate centripetal accelerations everything just floats without any directional pressure (and associated sensations) at all. It's a unique situation that we don't have a chance to get used to here on the ground (or water). That's probably why experienced pilots who do not get airsick and sailors who do not get seasick have all tossed their cookies in space.
SAS is space adaptation syndrome. Perhaps Spacely Spacelines can partially pre-screen for that by ferrying the pax out to the platforms on small Zodiacs.
Quote from: laszlo on 07/22/2021 12:38 pmQuote from: Bob Niland on 07/21/2021 11:10 pmSAS is space adaptation syndrome. Perhaps Spacely Spacelines can partially pre-screen for that by ferrying the pax out to the platforms on small Zodiacs. I can tell you from personal experience that zero-gee feels nothing at all like anything water-related, whether it's a ride across choppy waters in small boats or even underwater neutral buoyancy. The Zodiac ride hits your inner ear with continuously shifting acceleration changes while zero-gee is a constant lack of acceleration. In an underwater neutral buoyancy situation there is still a very definite up and down. While you are technically weightless, your insides aren't. You can tell if your head is pointed toward the bottom of the pool because the fluids in your inner ear pool downward. You can feel your internal organs shift position as you change from head up to head down. Breathing feels different in different positions as the compression of your diaphragm changes. In zero-gee, on the other hand, it's all the same. Whereas in 0g, unless you move something violently enough to generate centripetal accelerations everything just floats without any directional pressure (and associated sensations) at all. It's a unique situation that we don't have a chance to get used to here on the ground (or water). That's probably why experienced pilots who do not get airsick and sailors who do not get seasick have all tossed their cookies in space.Did you enjoy it or giveup your breakfast?Sent from my SM-G570Y using Tapatalk
No commercial space astronaut wings for space tourists:...
Evolution of the spacecraft
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 07/21/2021 06:33 pmNo commercial space astronaut wings for space tourists:...I'm mystified by the fuss about government-certified astronaut wings. What good are they to anyone outside of a government-run space program? A 0g selfie would be a lot more useful for impressing friends and family and getting dates. Flight log entries take care of documenting experience for jobs. So what am I missing?
From the March 2, 2003 @Florida_Today ... which lists @jkelly3rd as "space team leader" ... The article predicts the need for new spacecraft to start space adventure tourism. Now that @virgingalactic and @blueorigin have flown, we'll find out if the authors were right.
In 2003, Futron predicted 60 orbital tourist flights by 2020, and tens of thousands of suborbital hops taken by pay-per-view voyagers, according to the @Florida_Today article.
... It was clearly too optimistic about the supply side of space tourism, but will be interesting to see over the next decade how good the demand side forecast was.
Jeff Foust coauthored that, BTW.
https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1421139207699959813QuoteA fascinating human spaceflight job opening at SpaceX:twitter.com/spacecareers/status/1421138581641379844QuoteSpaceX is seeking a Astronaut Operations Integrator for a full-time position in Hawthorne, CA, United States. This is requisition R020747 and more details are available at:https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/5429136002?gh_jid=5429136002QuoteASTRONAUT OPERATIONS INTEGRATORHawthorne, CA, United StatesSpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.ASTRONAUT OPERATIONS INTEGRATORThe Astronaut Operations Team is responsible for integrating all humans that will fly on SpaceX missions. This will include guiding our future crew members through the development, planning, training, mission and post-mission phases. With the pace of human spaceflight increasing at SpaceX, both high level and extremely detailed coordination of astronaut time is critical to mission readiness and success. As an Astronaut Operations Integrator you will be responsible for developing tools and processes to help with managing astronaut schedules all while ensuring smooth operations throughout their time at SpaceX.RESPONSIBILITIES:Manage and maintain the comprehensive schedule of all active SpaceX astronaut flight crewsDevelop the plan and schedule, integrate internal and external constraints, identify conflicts, and drive resolutionCommunicate plans and schedules to stakeholdersDevise, uphold, and improve scheduling tools or processes that identify, analyze, and brief potential constraints on a monthly, weekly, and daily basisWork closely with external customer schedulers to integrate travel and availability constraints for each crew memberEnsure that all crew members have a positive experience working with and flying on SpaceX missions from assignment to post flight[…]
A fascinating human spaceflight job opening at SpaceX:
SpaceX is seeking a Astronaut Operations Integrator for a full-time position in Hawthorne, CA, United States. This is requisition R020747 and more details are available at:
ASTRONAUT OPERATIONS INTEGRATORHawthorne, CA, United StatesSpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.ASTRONAUT OPERATIONS INTEGRATORThe Astronaut Operations Team is responsible for integrating all humans that will fly on SpaceX missions. This will include guiding our future crew members through the development, planning, training, mission and post-mission phases. With the pace of human spaceflight increasing at SpaceX, both high level and extremely detailed coordination of astronaut time is critical to mission readiness and success. As an Astronaut Operations Integrator you will be responsible for developing tools and processes to help with managing astronaut schedules all while ensuring smooth operations throughout their time at SpaceX.RESPONSIBILITIES:Manage and maintain the comprehensive schedule of all active SpaceX astronaut flight crewsDevelop the plan and schedule, integrate internal and external constraints, identify conflicts, and drive resolutionCommunicate plans and schedules to stakeholdersDevise, uphold, and improve scheduling tools or processes that identify, analyze, and brief potential constraints on a monthly, weekly, and daily basisWork closely with external customer schedulers to integrate travel and availability constraints for each crew memberEnsure that all crew members have a positive experience working with and flying on SpaceX missions from assignment to post flight[…]
More than 20 astronauts from around the world are currently going through SpaceX human spaceflight training
On a Virgin Galactic suborbital flight, passengers will look down on where they launched from. On a #Soyuz #space flight to the #ISS, our clients circle Earth every 90 min, @yousuckMZ will see sunrises and sunsets, oceans, continents and weather systems. WOW! #SpaceflightChoices
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1421514177936453633QuoteMore than 20 astronauts from around the world are currently going through SpaceX human spaceflight training
Jefferies survey of high net worth individuals' brand recognition of space companies:SpaceX – 89%Virgin Galactic – 86%Blue Origin – 52%United Launch Alliance – 10%
Jefferies survey of high net worth individuals' priorities for booking a space tourism flight:Safety – 86%Overall experience – 50%Duration – 39%Spaceflight experience – 37%Jefferies' question for these answers: "What would be the most important attributes when you think about potentially traveling to space?"
The Space Tourists Are in Control NowSpaceX just launched four private citizens into orbit for a three-day trip.By Marina Koren
The tourism era of American spaceflight is really, truly here. Yes, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson flew to space this summer to inaugurate their space-tourism businesses and show off their high-flying services to their future customers, who will enrich the men even further. But their trips don’t compare to what the Inspiration4 crew has signed up for.
Now SpaceX isn’t just doing spaceflight as well as NASA did; it’s doing things NASA never attempted.
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