Home » today » Technology » First commercial manned flight – “I would gladly go in Thomas Pesquet’s place!” First commercial manned flight – “I would gladly go in Thomas Pesquet’s place!” July 31, 2020 by world today news This mission was purchased turnkey by NASA from the firm SpaceX. It is often presented as a low cost flight in space. What should we think? Claude Nicollier’s analysis. – Jocelyn Rochat Posted: 07/31/2020, 9:55 p.m.— – The Vaudois astrophysicist and astronaut Claude Nicoller. Chantal Dervey Why do we say these SpaceX flights are low cost? It is true? ÇHas anything changed in terms of crew safety? A given space mission, technically and operationally controlled by a private company, is generally less expensive than the same mission under the control of a national space agency like NASA. The private company must maintain the attractiveness of its services while doing everything to lower costs. In the case of SpaceX and the Crew Dragon, all safety aspects are carefully monitored by the “NASA Aerospace Safety Panel”, so it certainly cannot be said that crew safety suffers from this cost-cutting effort by. SpaceX. – We recently learned that Frenchman Thomas Pesquet will fly aboard SpaceX in 2021, is that good news? Any astronaut waiting for a space flight and who sees himself designated for a mission is of course happy with this designation. This is therefore good news for Thomas Pesquet and for ESA, his employer! Thomas is a good colleague and friend. I’m happy for him, I would happily go in his place! –Posted: 07/31/2020, 9:55 p.m.– Related posts:the location of the game has been revealed, plus we have some good news for Xbox Oneers too!The "AI Secretary" created by Gatebox and mixed with OpenAI synthetic intelligence expertise will be...The creator of The Witness: Elden Ring has no designFlawed Promotional Artwork for Duke Nukem Remake Draws Criticism and Apology from DevelopersShare this:FacebookX Related Clusters of infections discovered at 2 Amsterdam cafés, GGD is looking for visitors | NOW Accident on the Rhine in Hemishofen SH – man injured Leave a Comment Cancel replyCommentName Email Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Search for: