The Potential Risks and Challenges of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Mission

The Challenges of Space Exploration Space, an inherently hostile environment for humans, poses significant risks. Unprotected, a person can survive for no more than two minutes in a vacuum. The journey to space itself requires astronauts to be strapped to a controlled explosion of chemical propellants, underscoring the dangers involved. Since the first manned spaceflight […]