Checking out the orbital flight opportunities in the year of the Dragon

The crew for Polaris Dawn were in training for the first commercial spacewalk. Sarah showed us the interior of the training capsule, and I noticed the similarity of the abort handle to those used on Apollo. I brought the white watch that Jared wore on Inspiration 4, and we had a dinner briefing under a flown Falcon Heavy fairing, as one does. (note the Dragon lifting off in the bottom dial of the watch)

Wild that there are seats available for December… it’s not just a dream anymore: www.spacex.com/humanspaceflight/

Tune in to Polaris Dawn this summer — the first with Starlink-quality video streaming.

P.S. Just 7 years ago, today was the first flight of a “fight proven” booster (a moniker I coined, as more aerospace-friendly than “used”): SES customer post.