Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) PRE LAUNCH UPDATES (Read 192524 times)

oiorionsbelt · « **Reply #380 on:** 04/28/2012 02:25 AM »

Thanks corrroded nut. That makes it very clear.
In the NASA video update above, they show an old SpaceX F9 video, in that video the nose cone is two halves, this one looks to be one piece.

jongoff · « **Reply #381 on:** 04/28/2012 02:27 AM »

Quote from: Jason1701 on 04/27/2012 07:01 PM

The guy with the stache was great, I hope he's back.

That's Kevin Brogan (aka "K-Bro"), he was the original designer of the Kestrel engine.

~Jon

jongoff · « **Reply #382 on:** 04/28/2012 02:35 AM »

Quote from: mr. mark on 04/27/2012 11:24 PM

The way they were dressed you would think they were sound engineers at a gig not working on rockets. Safety first!

I would've hated to hear the commentary if Masten had posted more pictures...

~Jon

Jason1701 · « **Reply #383 on:** 04/28/2012 04:14 AM »

Quote from: jongoff on 04/28/2012 02:27 AM

Quote from: Jason1701 on 04/27/2012 07:01 PM
The guy with the stache was great, I hope he's back.

That's Kevin Brogan (aka "K-Bro"), he was the original designer of the Kestrel engine.

~Jon

Oh. I thought Mueller built the first Kestrel in his garage before the company started.

Robotbeat · « **Reply #384 on:** 04/28/2012 04:26 AM »

Quote from: Jason1701 on 04/28/2012 04:14 AM

Quote from: jongoff on 04/28/2012 02:27 AM
Quote from: Jason1701 on 04/27/2012 07:01 PM
The guy with the stache was great, I hope he's back.

That's Kevin Brogan (aka "K-Bro"), he was the original designer of the Kestrel engine.

~Jon

Oh. I thought Mueller built the first Kestrel in his garage before the company started.

Mueller was working on a turbo pump engine in his garage, not Kestrel (which is pressure-fed).

ugordan · « **Reply #385 on:** 04/28/2012 08:57 AM »

Quote from: Jim on 04/27/2012 09:38 PM

NASA, all uppercase.

If you wanna be pedantic, SpaceX ends with an uppercase X, not "Spacex" as you invariably write.

dcporter · « **Reply #386 on:** 04/28/2012 01:12 PM »

Elon on Twitter, complete with nice hero shot of the rocket:

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Dragon review completed. All systems now ready for full thrust hold down firing on Monday. http://t.co/wDQHfgZm

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/statuses/196138087078825984

SpacexULA · « **Reply #387 on:** 04/28/2012 03:41 PM »

http://www.spacex.com/updates.php

New SpaceX update

Jason1701 · « **Reply #388 on:** 04/28/2012 06:18 PM »

Quote from: SpacexULA on 04/28/2012 03:41 PM

http://www.spacex.com/updates.php

New SpaceX update

Heh.. guy's wearing a SpaceX 69 shirt.

billh · « **Reply #389 on:** 04/28/2012 08:16 PM »

Regarding safety around hypergolic fuels. Here's a shot from the recovery of Skylab I. That's a friend of mine in the foreground. His caption on the photo reads "Standing in front of the vehicle as the vehicle team deactivates the thrusters." My buddy is wearing some kind of mask, but the other guys look like they could be fixing your washing machine instead of deactivating RCS thrusters.

jabe · « **Reply #390 on:** 04/28/2012 08:20 PM »

webcast page is updated..
http://www.spacex.com/webcast.php

Mapperuo · « **Reply #391 on:** 04/29/2012 03:07 PM »

Quote from: jabe on 04/28/2012 08:20 PM

webcast page is updated..
http://www.spacex.com/webcast.php

Looks like they are using LiveStream this time rather than their own server, Should solve the lag issues folks had last time.

ugordan · « **Reply #392 on:** 04/29/2012 04:41 PM »

Do we know if rollout is supposed to happen today or tomorrow?

paycom · « **Reply #393 on:** 04/29/2012 07:38 PM »

Quote from: ugordan on 04/29/2012 04:41 PM

Do we know if rollout is supposed to happen today or tomorrow?

I suppose the Falcon 9 is already standing verticaly at the pad.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #394 on:** 04/29/2012 08:13 PM »

We'll do a live thread for the static fire to keep everything organized.

I'll set up later tonight.

Comga · « **Reply #395 on:** 04/29/2012 09:05 PM »

Quote from: paycom on 04/29/2012 07:38 PM

Quote from: ugordan on 04/29/2012 04:41 PM
Do we know if rollout is supposed to happen today or tomorrow?
I suppose the Falcon 9 is already standing verticaly at the pad.

LC-40 used to be on KSC Live Video channel 11. However, the page shows a Shuttle on the launch pad but no Falcon 9. :-(

corrodedNut · « **Reply #396 on:** 04/29/2012 11:02 PM »

Quote from: ugordan on 04/29/2012 04:41 PM

Do we know if rollout is supposed to happen today or tomorrow?

Roll out confirmed, it's vertical.

oiorionsbelt · « **Reply #397 on:** 04/30/2012 12:17 AM »

That means they are not trying to improve their rollout to launch time with this launch. 60 minutes roll out to launch is a stated goal.
As Urgordon pointed out earlier, it will be interesting to see if they can pull off the static fire first time, at the intended time, as this is crucial to next weeks launch with an instantaneous window.

Jim · « **Reply #398 on:** 04/30/2012 12:19 AM »

Quote from: oiorionsbelt on 04/30/2012 12:17 AM

That means they are not trying to improve their rollout to launch time with this launch. 60 minutes roll out to launch is a stated goal.
As Urgordon pointed out earlier, it will be interesting to see if they can pull off the static fire first time, at the intended time, as this is crucial to next weeks launch with an instantaneous window.

It depends on if they are going power up the Dragon and put it into launch configuration.

oiorionsbelt · « **Reply #399 on:** 04/30/2012 12:21 AM »

Quote from: Jim on 04/30/2012 12:19 AM

Quote from: oiorionsbelt on 04/30/2012 12:17 AM
That means they are not trying to improve their rollout to launch time with this launch. 60 minutes roll out to launch is a stated goal.
As Urgordon pointed out earlier, it will be interesting to see if they can pull off the static fire first time, at the intended time, as this is crucial to next weeks launch with an instantaneous window.

It depends on if they are going power up the Dragon and put it into launch configuration.

Out of pure curiosity, would you describe that process a little please.