SpaceX will attempt the first commercial spacewalk!

Issacman appears to be the right person to be doing the development of a commercial/civilian astronaut corps. From the interviews, he looks to be taking small careful steps, not risky leaps.

Exactly the sort of inspirational things we need right now. Thanks EllieinSpace

Seeing this EVA suit and being told its real life is absolutely unreal. Comparing the Spacex suit to the ones NASA uses is like comparing a winter coat to a t shirt. The fact that this works, its this much lighter/thinner and has such a simple design (from an outside glance) is just mind blowing. Honestly I wont believe this is real until I see Spacex actually do the EVA mission. It feels like im watching a Sci-Fi movie

@EllieInSpace SpaceX suit design/build is all in-house! The sole remaining contractor for NASA suit is Axiom, but they have nothing to do with the SpaceX suit. ☹

At about 4:20 you said that the new SpaceX EVA suits were designed by Axiom for SpaceX. This is not true. SpaceX designs and manufactures it's own suits both IVA and the new EVA suits

Missions like Polaris Dawn are key to keeping space technology fresh and moving forward. Appreciate your continued coverage on this Ellie and I hope you get a press pass from SpaceX for the launch.

The suit was not designed by Axiom

The update on the Starliner was good info. Looking forward to the Dawn mission.

NASA isn't confusing - they are evasive!

Ellie you are brilliant as always! Well done!!!

Interesting, I really hope all goes well. Definitely a step that needs to be taken at some point.

3:30 For context the ISS is 254 miles high. So they are going x3 times and change at 800 miles high.

Please keep this content coming! Excellent!!! Cheers from Alaska

I enjoy watching SpaceX because they are getting it done.

I always wondered (coincidentally today on July 4th) what the inspiration for Brent Spiner's role in the movie Independence Day came from ... cue Dr. McDowell.

Thanks Ellie fantastic video

The problems are with the control thrusters, while you can make adjustments for one or even two being down, with 75% failure and the last leak equal to a thruster this means they have no idea if they can control the craft for deorbit or reentry. Without control you can't aim the heat shield to shield the craft or make sure your even going the right way. With uncontrolled thrust from a leak possible it may be impossible to even hit a useable reentry window. I would not board any craft with known control issues, might as well take a car on the interstate at speed without a steering wheel and with firecrackers inside the tires filled with oxygen then try to drive from LA to NYC. This is not going to end well.

In my opinion, the problem with how NASA & Boeing are faltering and being somewhat evasive, in their descriptiona and explanations about Starliner problem, is that the press interviews are not being done by technical and development managers, who may not special in a rechnical field. They're accountanta and business administrators, who want to downplay the problems as indeterminate, but are being evaluated. (In other words, they don't want engineers and technicians telling the media too much.) It feels like Challenger debacle all over again: 'Bean counters' trying to order rocket engineers what to do.

I clicked this for Polaris, but was pleasantly surprised to see my favourite astrophysicist Jonathon Mcdowell!

Great coverage with a well-informed interview (as usual). Thanks!