SpaceX's historic Polaris Dawn astronaut mission delayed until mid-August

[Admin]

SpaceX is now eyeing mid- to late August for the launch of the Polaris Dawn astronaut mission, which will feature the first-ever private spacewalk.

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[Fred]

So hey, if the Polaris Dawn missions are successful, could SpaceX be given a mission to replace Hubbell gyros and resupply the telescope?

 

[Wolfshadw]

So hey, if the Polaris Dawn missions are successful, could SpaceX be given a mission to replace Hubbell gyros and resupply the telescope?

In order to do so, SpaceX would need to formulate and create some sort of grappling system for it's spacecraft. Not exactly easy or inexpensive to do.

-Wolf sends