- Launch opportunities consist of a 3 day pattern, so after May 3rd would be May 6th, 2012.
Not entirely true, there are other range users, and hence Spacex does not get to repeat indefinitely.
How many 3 day patterns, which blocked dates?
Quote from: Orbiter on 04/09/2012 06:52 pm - Launch opportunities consist of a 3 day pattern, so after May 3rd would be May 6th, 2012.Not entirely true, there are other range users, and hence Spacex does not get to repeat indefinitely.
From the same exercise, probably:http://twitter.com/#/astro_andre/status/190350643427426304"Practicing on the ISS simulator for the arrival of the 1st commercial spacecraft, SpaceX's Dragon, early May."
Is this activity based on an assumption that the mission flies as scheduled, or has the decision already been made and NASA are simply waiting for the appropriate committees to rubber-stamp it?