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> falling from orbit protected by nothing more than a spacesuit and a bag of foam was unlikely to ever become a particularly safe—or enticing—maneuver. Not wit
by meepmorp 5y ago
> falling from orbit protected by nothing more than a spacesuit and a bag of foam was unlikely to ever become a particularly safe—or enticing—maneuver.
Not with that attitude. Pitch it as the most extreme sporting experience available to humanity and you've got yourself a new commercial space launch market.
- minute_forest 5y agoOh hell yeah, imagine hundreds of adrenaline junkies hanging out in inflatable space habitats and jumping off platforms into Earth's gravity with these things, turning it into a sport where which ever space diver that lands closest to the target wins. That and other derivatives will be a multi-billion dollar market right there.