Cool video: Aurora Australis
Quote from: Space Pete on 09/21/2011 08:50 pmCool video: Aurora AustralisThanks for posting that.. that is absolutely VERY cool...
Now this is very interesting - I hope it's not another Soyuz quality issue...
Seems that way though...yikes.
Quote from: robertross on 09/25/2011 11:17 pmSeems that way though...yikes. Interfax just moved a report based on the NASA site: "Soyuz Spaceships to Be Checked For Temporary Fasteners - NASA"Seems like a prudent step based on a discovered Soyuz launch prep foul-up at Baykonur. It could have led to improper separation of the Descent Module from the Orbital Module. At the same landing phase, pyro failures twice messed up DM separation from the Service Module not long ago, leading to nose-first entry and then a ballistic entry [and MIGHT have led to much, MUCH worse]. This time, the module separation (DM and OM) may not have been as serious, had it occurred, because aero forces would have torn them loose soon enough -- maybe? If THESE temporary screws were left installed, what OTHER screws might there have been that ALSO should have been removed -- but may not have been? If there are any, they might not be inspectable from inside the current Soyuz. Bottom line. Yet ANOTHER "human error" during launch prep at Baykonur, that threatened malfunction of the most recently landed Soyuz vehicle [with Garan aboard]. It SEEMS like a one-time oversight based on unique processing changes required by the Soyuz vehicle damage in transit -- but then, OTHER anomalies could similarly lead to OTHER kinds of procedurel errors, might they not?Why do they keep slipping through?