The AX-4 Space Mission with Dr. Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski is to start on Wednesday, but only in the morning we will find out whether it will not be moved. Tomasz Rożek, a popularizer of science, talked about how the atmosphere of uncertainty can affect the well -being of the participants of the future flight, he talked on TVN24 in the program “Facts after facts”.
According to current reports, mission AX-4 is to start on Wednesday around 2pm of Polish time. Atmospheric conditions, through which Tuesday LOT was canceled, are the key factor. In the last statement, SpaceX said that “the weather is conducive to starting 85 percent”. The final decision will be announced on Wednesday morning.
– Anxiety related to the constant shift of starting the mission can be involved in the crew – believes Dr. Tomasz Rożek.
– For them it is not very comfortable, wait, not knowing whether it will happen tomorrow, whether it will happen to the day after tomorrow or maybe in three days – he said in “Facts after facts” science and author of the YouTube channel “Science. I like it”. He added, however, that astronauts are properly prepared for such situations, and flight delays are nothing new in the world of space industry.
Flight uncertainty, as it affects astronauts
A flight to the earthly orbit is preceded by months of preparation, which focus not only on physical but also mental training.
– They cannot distract themselves, they cannot have a mechanism that may be in most of us (…) that is one in which, like a bus, he was supposed to come at 13.00, and it is 13.05, we are already starting to be nervous – emphasized the expert. He added that flight delays are a natural part of the space industry.
– I have no doubt that astronauts are preparing for it (…). It's not like space flights, returns with space They take place to the ground according to the clock in this understanding that even if I do not know what was happening, we always have to have the return at the same time, which he was declared – said Rożek.
Eight hours before the start, a meeting of the weather committee is planned, which will assess whether the aura will start the mission.
Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski. AX-4 mission
The AX-4 mission with the Pole Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski is a commercial space mission of Axiom Space. In addition to the Pole, the American, commander PEGGY Whitson, pilot Shubhanshu Shukla from India and Tibor kapu with with a Pole Hungarian. The purpose of the mission is to conduct a series of scientific research in the field of engineering, medicine, biology and biotechnology. In total, within about two weeks, the mission is to carry out 60 experiments from as many as 31 countries.
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