SpaceX's longest-ever astronaut cruise was a smooth ride, Ax-3 crewmembers say

[Admin]

Axiom Space astronaut Michael López-Alegría is the only person to fly twice on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. He'd love for more people to ride that spacecraft in orbit.

SpaceX's longest-ever astronaut cruise was a smooth ride, Ax-3 crewmembers say : Read more

 

[TheCoolBrit]

It was interesting about washing machines in Space.
At the maiden flight of the Falcon Heavy 2016, I was chatting to an SpaceX engineer, we had a very insightful discussion on some of the differences between use of centrifuges or artificial gravity; having subtle important differences with gravity we have on a planet, even NASA with all of the many years of the ISS have yet to resolve, for instance just cleaning clothes in the absence of gravity is hard to resolve, it is so important to resolve this logistics problem for a mission to Mars.

 

[Classical Motion]

Before we go to Mars, we will need gravity and shielding. Gravity is easy to solve and free to maintain. Shielding remains the problem. That and the enormous supplies needed. Nothing can be replenished. And it has to be in multiple catches. Back up supplies. Too far for care packages. Or replacements. There is no 911.

Even with gravity and shielding, the knowledge gained won't be worth it. If we have to go, send robots.

Resources and time would be better spent surveying our outer system. It's like our oceans. No one knows what's really out there. Let's survey the system before we decide where to go.

The outer system might be our garbage heap. There might be old treasure there.

 

[Imcons Equetau]

It was interesting about washing machines in Space.
At the maiden flight of the Falcon Heavy 2016, I was chatting to an SpaceX engineer, we had a very insightful discussion on some of the differences between use of centrifuges or artificial gravity; having subtle important differences with gravity we have on a planet, even NASA with all of the many years of the ISS have yet to resolve, for instance just cleaning clothes in the absence of gravity is hard to resolve, it is so important to resolve this logistics problem for a mission to Mars.

We really need to stop discarding soiled clothing and create a great washing machine. Also need a better way to eliminate persistent odors in spacecraft (and future space habitats), such as thorough exfoliation/bathing and closed loop sewage treatment/composting.

 

[Classical Motion]

What if the only alien life was previous solar system life. Here. Maybe a much more advanced society. Maybe even inter planetary society. Say X million/billion years ago. And some inter galactic event wiped the system out. Or very close to it, and life started over with a different environment. But capable of intelligence. But not knowing where intelligence came from.

Some of it might be in the garbage.

Why not put the laundry on a clothes line and let radiation clean it? Expose, air blast, fold.