Re: “First Views Of Earth's Polar Regions from SpaceX's Dragon Capsule As Fram2 Mission Underway”

On Wed, 2 Apr 2025 14:30:23 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

On 4/2/2025 7:23 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

In article <vsii2g$11p8h$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

“First Views Of Earth's Polar Regions from SpaceX's Dragon Capsule
As Fram2 Mission Underway”
 
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/first-views-earths-polar-regions-spacexs-dragon-capsule-fram2-mission-underway
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“Seventeen days after Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully rescued two
stranded astronauts from the International Space Station, the rocket
company that dominates the space race launched a crew of four private
astronauts—led by a crypto entrepreneur—on the first-ever human
spaceflight to orbit Earth over its poles.”
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"SpaceX's sixth private astronaut flight (called "Fram2") blasted off
atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space
Center in Florida late Monday night, sending the Crew Dragon capsule
Resilience into a polar orbit."
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“SpaceX's website outlined more specifics of the polar-orbiting mission:”
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During their multi-day mission, Dragon and the crew will explore Earth
from a polar orbit and fly over Earth's polar regions for the first
time. They will also conduct 22 research designed to help advance
humanity's capabilities for long-duration space exploration and
understanding of human health in space. Throughout Fram2's time
on-orbit, the crew are planning to take the first x-ray in space,
perform exercise studies to maintain muscle and skeletal mass, and grow
mushrooms in microgravity. Additionally, after safely returning to
Earth, the crew plans to exit from the Dragon spacecraft without
additional medical and operational assistance, helping researchers
characterize the ability of astronauts to perform unassisted functional
tasks after short and long durations in space.
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Super cool !
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Lynn
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Wonder if they'll be able to see down into Pellucidar?

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I think that was a tunnel into the Earth ?

I am taking it that by "tunnel" you mean something slanted, not
something that goes straight down.

As Wikipedia
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_at_the_Earth%27s_Core] puts it:

"He enlists Tarzan, and a fabulous airship is constructed to penetrate
Pellucidar via the natural polar opening connecting the outer and
inner worlds."

I suppose it could really be the entrance to a tunnel, but I've always
thought of it as a very deep vertical hole.

It's been a while since I read the book.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"