Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: William Hyde Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_=e2=80=9cSpaceX_Polaris_Dawn_astronauts_perform_histo?= =?UTF-8?Q?ric_1st_private_spacewalk_in_orbit_=28video=29=e2=80=9d?= Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 18:01:47 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 00:01:47 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9d4ca4b6f8794bd0fd4ccaac7da0d4c6"; logging-data="485642"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+DXcFm9SYwTGtgJfwvr4aV" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.19 Cancel-Lock: sha1:rllTTNDgKBRjnsPudxlq/QsFw/s= In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1689 Lynn McGuire wrote: > “SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts perform historic 1st private spacewalk > in orbit (video)” >    https://www.space.com/spacex-polaris-dawn-first-private-spacewalk > > “Polaris Dawn just made history again.” > > “SpaceX's private crew of four astronauts performed the world's first > commercial spacewalk while soaring high above Earth on Thursday (Sept. > 12) during the third day of a five-day trip to Earth orbit.” Why it it historic to do what has been done countless times before? William Hyde