http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/06/spacexs-reisman-next-giant-leap-dragon-v2/Article one from Helo's great video of the post Dragon V2 event. Standalone thread, to allow posts specific to what Dr. Reisman covered and to allow us to build threads to spread the load.
Thanks guys! All I need is content, tank up on sandwiches and I'll write 'till my fingers drop off! And yes, the downselect isn't an immediate threat and it's good they are holding back on that as much as possible. It's going to come at some point, however, sadly.
And yes, the downselect isn't an immediate threat and it's good they are holding back on that as much as possible. It's going to come at some point, however, sadly.
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 06/03/2014 02:21 pmAnd yes, the downselect isn't an immediate threat and it's good they are holding back on that as much as possible. It's going to come at some point, however, sadly.Yes, I agree. I am hoping that they will not downselect until they award CRS2. CRS2 awards were originally planned for February 2015 but it might get pushed by a few months (probably to mid-2015). The logic for delaying downselection until at least mid-2015 would be to provide continuity for new CRS2 entrants (Boeing and SNC). P.S. The due date for the proposals for CRS2 was pushed by 4 months. So it's logical to assume that the award date for CRS2 will also get pushed by 4 months. See this thread:http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=34093.msg1203648#msg1203648
Garrett Reisman retweeted the article!
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 06/03/2014 05:45 pmGarrett Reisman retweeted the article! Gotta love all the public NSF love by SpaceX'ers recently!
Very good info. I still tend to think that Elon plans to push the schedule up as much as humanly possible, in order to take advantage of the current Russian issues. I think I remember a quote from Elon awhile back that said once the crew version of Dragon was ready, they'd retire the old Dragon so they could fly just one craft, in a cargo and crew version. The animation showed a v1 Dragon at the ISS when the V2 gets there, but that could just be for reference. So you can see how the two are different. Especially since the V1 dragon still has it's pop out solar panels which I though they were planning on going away from in the near future?So, I wonder if we'll see a V2 dragon on a COTS mission in the near future, rigged with a life support system, and landing propulsively. Then a presser where Elon comes out and says something like, "That Dragon V2 that just landed was fully capable of carrying a crew and returning them safely to Earth. As soon as we finish adding the crew access arm to the tower at LC-39A, and finish our pad abort test of the LAS system (in X-amount of time) , there'd be absolutely no reason for another US crew to fly on a Russian Soyuz." Which would undoubtedly cause a flurry of press and political questions to start being asked. And none of the other two commercial crew condendors could be ready that soon, as they are chugging along at the rate of the NASA milestone awards.Elon seems to like to stir the pot like that.
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 06/03/2014 05:45 pmGarrett Reisman retweeted the article! Are you going to give him a lifetime L2 membership?
Quote from: yg1968 on 06/03/2014 04:08 pmQuote from: Chris Bergin on 06/03/2014 02:21 pmAnd yes, the downselect isn't an immediate threat and it's good they are holding back on that as much as possible. It's going to come at some point, however, sadly.Yes, I agree. I am hoping that they will not downselect until they award CRS2. CRS2 awards were originally planned for February 2015 but it might get pushed by a few months (probably to mid-2015). The logic for delaying downselection until at least mid-2015 would be to provide continuity for new CRS2 entrants (Boeing and SNC). P.S. The due date for the proposals for CRS2 was pushed by 4 months. So it's logical to assume that the award date for CRS2 will also get pushed by 4 months. See this thread:http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=34093.msg1203648#msg1203648That would be pretty good, but it's been intimated to me that they would rather downselect and increase funding as the IOC date is the priority.And they'd be right. Why part fund three when they could look to accelerate two.