Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!newsfeed.xs3.de!ereborbbs.duckdns.org!.POSTED.p4fc72407.dip0.t-ipconnect.de!not-for-mail From: Kyonshi Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CSpaceX_Is_Sending_a_Tech_Billionaire_Into_?= =?UTF-8?Q?Orbit_to_Test_Starlink=2C_Walk_Around=E2=80=9D?= Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 23:04:59 +0200 Organization: Erebor InterNetNews Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: c3066ed76bae8bcc0e476efb157ff758 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 21:04:57 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: ereborbbs.duckdns.org; posting-host="p4fc72407.dip0.t-ipconnect.de:79.199.36.7"; logging-data="12801"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ereborbbs.duckdns.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1702 Lines: 16 On 8/24/2024 9:25 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote: > “SpaceX Is Sending a Tech Billionaire Into Orbit to Test Starlink, Walk > Around” > > https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-is-sending-a-tech-billionaire-into-orbit-to-test-starlink-walk-around > > “The five-day mission, dubbed Polaris Dawn, leaves on Tuesday and will > venture 870 miles from Earth, farther than anyone has been since the > 1972 Apollo moon program.” > > Gonna test those new light weight, extra mobile $200,000 space suits. > > Lynn > yeah, because a tech billionaire is exactly the kind of person I want testing equipment in a deeply hazardous environment.