DocM Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 NSF's Chris Gebhardt gets the first question at the presser Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 Cygnus leaves tomorrow (Sunday), Dragon arrives Monday. The guys on ISS are gonna be busy. Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) Space reality TV Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 GULP!! NICE composite!!! Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) Surprise, surprise....a Chinese experiment. "Commercial" becomes an end-around the Wolf Amendment. http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1049836.shtml Quote SpaceX launches Chinese experiment, other supplies to space station US space firm SpaceX on Saturday launched supplies to the International Space Station, including an experiment from a Chinese university that will test the effects of space environments on DNA. > > Among the cargo is a 3.5-kilogram device from the Beijing Institute of Technology that sought to answer questions like "Does the space radiation and microgravity cause mutations among antibody-encoding genes and how does it happen?" There is a US law in place, known as the Wolf amendment, that bans cooperation between the US space agency NASA and Chinese government entities, but this deal is purely commercial and therefore considered legal. NASA spokesperson Kathryn Hambleton confirmed to Xinhua that there is a Chinese experiment that is launched on this mission, known as SpaceX CRS-11. "NASA complied with all legal requirements to notify the Congress of this activity, and all of the ISS partners approved the inclusion of the experiment," Hambleton said in an email. > > Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiver Veteran Posted June 5, 2017 Veteran Share Posted June 5, 2017 Uninformed question time if you will... Do Space X ever plan to re-use the Stage 2 boosters? How far away are we from Dragon 2 or at least the Dragon variation that will land itself rather than splashing down via parachutes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthdci Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 2 minutes ago, Skiver said: Uninformed question time if you will... Do Space X ever plan to re-use the Stage 2 boosters? How far away are we from Dragon 2 or at least the Dragon variation that will land itself rather than splashing down via parachutes? They are working on re-use of stage 2, but it is quite a bit harder since it is going a lot faster than the stage 1 and it is a lot future downstream. Dragon 2 is getting a test flight at the end of the year, but I think that's going to be a splash down. Skiver 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) ∆ Correct. There'll be a test of S2 recover on the Falcon Heavy maiden flight, hopefully in Q4 this year - the LC-40 repair work is driving that date. Propulsive is undergoing tests now, and Musk tweeted a reply last year indicating a propulsive drop test had been done. Partial propulsive for crews will be used first: parachutes down to about 10 meters, then rockets for a soft landing. Full propulsive is baselined for the CRS-2 cargo missions, starting about 2019. Once proven there it'll be people certified. CRS-11 prepping for capture. Edited June 5, 2017 by DocM Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 Capture at ISS. Berthing ops soon. Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DocM Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 4k drone footage from LZ-1 Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bguy_1986 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 5 hours ago, DocM said: 4k drone footage from LZ-1 Video quality looks so good it almost looks fake! Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 There are flat Earth'ers out there that think it is fake. They pollute every YouTube comments section. Unobscured Vision and anthdci 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bguy_1986 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Yah, I've watch a few for entertainment purposes (or tried too, some are pretty dry). People are crazy... Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthdci Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 8 minutes ago, DocM said: There are flat Earth'ers out there that think it is fake. They pollute every YouTube comments section. they can go and watch it in person, it's not like these launches are done in secret. Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 It's been strongly suggested, but they say the launch is real and splashes, the satellite and space video is CGI and the landing is another landed vehicle for show. Or some variant. I gave up talking to them long ago. Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Yeah. Those people make my head hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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