The overarching goal is to help open access to space on a broad scale.
). This planned extravehicular activity is part of the impetus for SpaceX to bring new spacesuits to the table. And, as Isaacman discussed today, SpaceX is developing and testing new spacesuits that will be used during Polaris.
"This mission is definitely going to be incredibly exciting for the new training that we do need to put together to support the mission. We'll be learning along the way when we are developing the suits, and it will help define what we'll do for EVA training," said Gillis, an engineer, SpaceX's lead astronaut trainer and a mission specialist on Polaris Dawn.
"We are just both really supportive of each other's aspirations and really excited to support each other as we both go through these individual endeavors as a family," added Menon, whose husband Anil Menon was recently announced as a NASA astronaut candidate.
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