Musk's SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission: Astronauts doing the spacewalk

$Tesla (TSLA.US)$ $BYD COMPANY (01211.HK)$ $NIO Inc (NIO.US)$ $XPeng (XPEV.US)$

The Straits Times:

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission is poised to make history this week with the first privately managed spacewalk, a risky endeavour previously undertaken only by government astronauts .
Two of the mission's four-member crew will venture out of their Crew Dragon capsule in Earth's orbit for a tethered spacewalk, marking the first major test of SpaceX's new spacesuits.
The capsule lacks an airlock and will completely depressurize for the spacewalk, requiring all four crew members to rely on their suits for survival.

Elon Musk on X.com

The Polaris Dawn mission readiness review just finished and we are currently go for launch in just over 24 hours (on Tuesday, 27 August). Crew safety is absolutely paramount and this mission carries more risk than usual, as it will be the furthest humans have traveled from Earth since Apollo and the first commercial spacewalk! If any concerns arise, the launch will be postponed until those concerns are addressed.

My Take:

1) Polaris Dawn is a planned private human spaceflight mission, operated by SpaceX. If successful, it will the furthest anyone has been since NASA's Apollo program.

2) The mission will show SpaceX's technological advancement over its competitors.

3) Elon Musk who owned SpaceX is also the CEO of Tesla. Tesla is also using SpaceX technology to build its EV to improve efficiency, safety and cost reduction.