How SpaceX modified a Dragon crew capsule for Polaris Dawn’s historic private spacewalk

https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dragon-modified-polaris-dawn-spacewalk

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    This seems quite risky. All 4 will be exposed at the same time in a first test of the hatch, the suits, etc.

  2. The article was cool but kind of confusing.

    > The visor has a copper coating to protect against radiation, using tin oxide similar to that employed on the wraparound cupola window that flew on Inspiration4.

    Is it a copper coating and a tin oxide coating?