(cont'd from yesterday's post)
Go here for SpaceX's video of the spacewalk along with their real time comments.
"A lot of us work here because we want to do this," says a narrator of the video. Gillis and Menon were the ones who really did get to do this, the first time in space for any SpaceX employee.
Civilian and commander of the mission, Jared Isaacman, paid for it out of his personal wealth. It could be called "space tourism," but it's not like going on a cruise. It's brutal out there.
Temperature can go from 250 degrees above zero (in the sun) down to 250 degrees below (in Earth's shadow). There's radiation, and zero breathable air. Their spacesuits have to protect from all of that, while keeping the astronauts comfortable enough to function.
"It's kind of like a suit of armor made of fabric," said SpaceX's principal spacesuit engineer. He explains its design in a video posted on X.
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