"Something similar could be asked about the Falcon 9 rocket's debut launch in 2010. Before then nations, and even some large private contractors funded by governments, had built medium-lift rockets. The Falcon 9, in its earliest iteration, was just another rocket flying into orbit. But here's the difference. Fourteen years later, the privately developed Falcon 9 has revolutionized the launch industry by demonstrating rapid reusability. It will launch more than 100 times this year, something no government or company has ever done before."
"Now imagine where SpaceX and this spacesuit could be 14 years from today. The first Falcon 9 rocket has gone through four major revisions, more than doubling its payload capacity. So too, will this spacesuit. It is not too difficult to imagine a world in which dozens of people launch on Starship and take similar spacewalks in orbit. Future versions of these spacesuits will almost certainly walk on the Moon, and one day, Mars."
Article: https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/two-private-astronauts-took-a-spacewalk-thursday-morning-yes-it-was-historic/"On Thursday, September 12 at 4:52 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 1-5 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida."
"This was the 13th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-6, O3b mPOWER, USSF-124, and nine Starlink missions."
This is the 13th flight for this particular booster. #Space #SpaceX #Falcon9 #Starship #ElonMusk”But gravity takes no prisoners and is immune to subterfuge.”
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Polaris Dawn's Crew Dragon "Resilience" separates from Falcon 9 to begin its 1,400km apogee flight, and space walk.
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