Gotta admit that the black-clad Orion is a looker.But, dang, is development glacially slow. We can't get somebody to make us excited about flying to Mars?Well, I get to watch a remake of the "Apollo 4" launch (except they had their moon rocket ready). I know the thing hasn't a ELSS yet, but is it pressurized at least? Or has cameras for us to see from a pilot's eye view? EDIT: Folks who Know confirmed through a media question that the spacecraft has a camera or two.
I will be watching the launch on the bus in the way to school on Thursday but will be wearing my EFT-1 mission shirt that I got for my team winning a video challenge.
Quote from: MattMason on 12/02/2014 07:39 pmGotta admit that the black-clad Orion is a looker.But, dang, is development glacially slow. We can't get somebody to make us excited about flying to Mars?Well, I get to watch a remake of the "Apollo 4" launch (except they had their moon rocket ready). I know the thing hasn't a ELSS yet, but is it pressurized at least? Or has cameras for us to see from a pilot's eye view? EDIT: Folks who Know confirmed through a media question that the spacecraft has a camera or two.Yes its pressurized with basic cabin air circulation and heat dissipation. It isn't a boilerplate.Go Orion.
So ok it turns out that Able and Miss Baker have a few surviving relatives, a few are frantically filling out applications forms to still get on this flight.
Quote from: newpylong on 12/02/2014 10:30 pmQuote from: MattMason on 12/02/2014 07:39 pmGotta admit that the black-clad Orion is a looker.But, dang, is development glacially slow. We can't get somebody to make us excited about flying to Mars?Well, I get to watch a remake of the "Apollo 4" launch (except they had their moon rocket ready). I know the thing hasn't a ELSS yet, but is it pressurized at least? Or has cameras for us to see from a pilot's eye view? EDIT: Folks who Know confirmed through a media question that the spacecraft has a camera or two.Yes its pressurized with basic cabin air circulation and heat dissipation. It isn't a boilerplate.Go Orion.Every manned Orion will have to spend at *least* a half an hour flying without its service module as it prepares for entry interface. Orion, IIRC, has enough battery power, air and thermal conditioning equipment located within the capsule itself to support several hours of independent flight (unlike Apollo, which was designed to operate for about 30 minutes without its service module, with a goodly amount of margin). AIUI, that's what will be used on this flight.This is a production spacecraft, and has most all of the systems a manned vehicle will have once they start flying them with crews.