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I'd be interested to know if the "safety concerns" are about the physical safety of the return vehicle, about the safety of the drugs, or political, but the art

by yosito 3y ago

I'd be interested to know if the "safety concerns" are about the physical safety of the return vehicle, about the safety of the drugs, or political, but the article doesn't really get into that.

Finnucane 3y ago
I'd also be interested to know who neglected to plan ahead for a foreseeable situation.
- dpifke 3y ago
  FTA: “We’re pleased to report that our spacecraft is healthy across all systems. It was originally designed for a full year on orbit if needed,” Varda Space wrote on X. “We look forward to continuing to collaborate w/ our gov partners to bring our capsule back to Earth as soon as possible.” Sounds like they did plan ahead for if they were unable to re-enter after 3 months as originally expected.
  - autoexec 3y ago
    What's their plan if 1 year later they still don't have authorization to re-enter?
    - pope_meat 3y ago
      I mean, eventually I assume it will re-enter regardless of what the meatbags on the ground want.
jeffrallen 3y ago
Safety for the profits of the pharmaceutical companies lobbying the FAA probably.
everforward 3y ago
Based on this part: Asparouhov is quoted as saying in an interview in Ars Technica. “We are effectively the polar opposite type of re-entry vehicle. If those are luxurious limousines, we’re building like a 1986 Toyota Corolla that is meant to be less than a million bucks a pop, quickly refurbished, and then shot right back into space.” I'd speculate it's about the physical safety of the return vehicle. This appears to be the safety sheet for ritonavir: https://cdn.caymanchem.com/cdn/msds/13872m.pdf https://cdn.caymanchem.com/cdn/msds/13872m.pdf The lowest fatal dose in mice is 400 mg/kg, and the LD50 is over 2500 mg/kg. It seems like a fatal dose would present more kinetic danger than chemical. Plus the entire capsule is only 120 kg. Even if it were entirely made of ritonavir, and a single human ingested all of it, they'd have to weigh 48kg or less to hit the LD50. It is listed as being an eye irritant, but I would imagine so are half the chemicals in a spacecraft.

by yosito 3y ago

I'd be interested to know if the "safety concerns" are about the physical safety of the return vehicle, about the safety of the drugs, or political, but the article doesn't really get into that.

Finnucane 3y ago

I'd also be interested to know who neglected to plan ahead for a foreseeable situation.

dpifke 3y ago
FTA: “We’re pleased to report that our spacecraft is healthy across all systems. It was originally designed for a full year on orbit if needed,” Varda Space wrote on X. “We look forward to continuing to collaborate w/ our gov partners to bring our capsule back to Earth as soon as possible.” Sounds like they did plan ahead for if they were unable to re-enter after 3 months as originally expected.
- autoexec 3y ago
  What's their plan if 1 year later they still don't have authorization to re-enter?
  - pope_meat 3y ago
    I mean, eventually I assume it will re-enter regardless of what the meatbags on the ground want.

jeffrallen 3y ago

Safety for the profits of the pharmaceutical companies lobbying the FAA probably.

everforward 3y ago

Based on this part: Asparouhov is quoted as saying in an interview in Ars Technica. “We are effectively the polar opposite type of re-entry vehicle. If those are luxurious limousines, we’re building like a 1986 Toyota Corolla that is meant to be less than a million bucks a pop, quickly refurbished, and then shot right back into space.” I'd speculate it's about the physical safety of the return vehicle. This appears to be the safety sheet for ritonavir: https://cdn.caymanchem.com/cdn/msds/13872m.pdf https://cdn.caymanchem.com/cdn/msds/13872m.pdf The lowest fatal dose in mice is 400 mg/kg, and the LD50 is over 2500 mg/kg. It seems like a fatal dose would present more kinetic danger than chemical. Plus the entire capsule is only 120 kg. Even if it were entirely made of ritonavir, and a single human ingested all of it, they'd have to weigh 48kg or less to hit the LD50. It is listed as being an eye irritant, but I would imagine so are half the chemicals in a spacecraft.