Posts by RavenBlue

The Astronaut wore Prada – and a blast from Michael Bloomberg

Playtex?

I remember the Playtex advertisements from the 1980's, being a fascinated early teenager for such ads.

I think the byline went, "Whatever you do, wherever you are, Playtex has the bra for the way you are"

2020's rebrand for LBGTQI+ Spacesuits:

"Whatever you do, wherever you are, Axiom has the suit for the way you are"

(batteries not included)

Suits you Sir!

The Axiom EMU Spacesuit testing is unlikely able to reach full certification by the deadline of 2026.

SpaceX's EVA Suit has already been proven on the Polaris Dawn mission EVA. I wouldn't put it past Spacex to upgrade their EVA suit to an EMU suit in pretty short order.

Funnily enough, current SpaceX and NASA IVA suits aren't compatible in connections, so if the shit hits the fan in NRHO orbit, either on Orion, Gateway or Starship, someone will be well and truly spaced.

A bit like trying to plug into an airline armrest sound socket with your own headphones, but probably with more deadly consequences.

Additional hatch operations on a Boeing vehicle – but this time it's Starliner

Re: "spacesuit discomfort issue"

Some astronauts get claustrophobic in a spacesuit once up there and two pressure doors and the great vacuum of space looms toward them, even after hours and hours of training in one back on earth.

Thruster problems

SpaceX too faced a similar issue with Crew Dragon Demo-1. Retest of the SuperDraco thrusters after landing identified an 'energetic anomaly' that spread fiery pieces the capsule over about 50 acres.

Royal Yacht Britannia's successor to cost about 1 North of England NHS IT consultancy framework

Plenty of retired Type 22 frigates out there. Retain the turrets, and adopt some gunboat trade tactics

Desperately seeking regolith: NASA seeks proposals for collecting Moon dirt

SpaceX can do it.

I can imagine NASA spending billions on figuring a way to collect these sample canisters, then a Starship rocks up, and someone steps out with a shovel and dustbin and says 'How much do you want Jim? Want ice with it?"

Re: My dog ...

Provided it doesn't get distracted by a Chinese rabbit