Shruti Gurudanti, Rose Law Group director of aerospace & corporate transactions, comments on commercial spacewalk by SpaceX crew

“It will be interesting to see if Congress will build a more robust regulatory framework to govern future commercial spacewalks.”
-Shruti Gurudanti, Rose Law Group director of aerospace & corporate transactions

By Ivana Saric | Axios

SpaceX’s crew of civilian astronauts on Thursday undertook the first ever commercial spacewalk.

Why it matters: This is the first time private citizens have been exposed to the vacuum of space — about 430 miles above Earth.

  • The Polaris Dawn mission is also meant to test new technologies and procedures that could be used in future space flights, per NBC News.

The big picture: The spacewalk lasted roughly two hours, including the time needed to repressurize the capsule, and was broadcast live.

  • The mission was manned by four crew members, two of whom ventured outside of the Crew Dragon capsule.
  • Jared Isaacman, the billionaire commander of the cosmic crew, stepped outside of the capsule first. Next, SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis ventured out.
  • However, the entire capsule was depressurized, meaning all four crew members were exposed to the vacuum of space.

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