Power failure at SpaceX: control over spaceship with crew lost!

Power failure at SpaceX: control over spaceship with crew lost!

With a recent SpaceX mission, the astronauts shocked: While the "Polaris Dawn" mission circled the earth with four private space travelers, SpaceX lost control of the "Crew Dragon" space capsule for at least one hour. As az-online.de, a power failure in a spacex system in California was responsible for this Loss of control. The CEO Elon Musk did not respond to inquiries about this incident. In addition to the billionaire Jared Isaacman, pilots Scott Potet and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon were also located within the capsule. Despite the loss of control, however, the capsule was connected to the ground via the "Starlink" satellite network.

Also involved in a space event in Florida were the former President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, who went on long trips to experience the first start of the USA astronauts from US floor for almost a decade. As Fox News reported , the highly expected mission was canceled due to bad weather conditions, which underlines the challenging nature of the space industry. Trump, who would like to increase his choice of elections in 2020, was interested in emphasizing positive achievements of the American space travel with this trip, while at the same time he could criticize that the economic consequences of pandemic burden the country.

The next chance for the rocket start was scheduled for Saturday. In these turbulent times, private space travel not only shows our technological advances, but also the challenges with which companies and political actors are faced with a highly competitive and quickly changing environment.