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Offline Maciej Olesinski

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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #800 on: 09/10/2015 09:44 pm »

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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #801 on: 09/10/2015 09:44 pm »
Center console has gone though some major changes. Looks like they had problems with the bigger screens.
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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #802 on: 09/10/2015 09:45 pm »
Significant differences over the interior hardware that was revealed with Dragon 2 in May 2014. Interior paneling, the instrument panel/controls, seat design and mounts even the color scheme are different. Id expect further changes as the design continues to mature and first flight approaches.

Interesting that as of now SpaceX is still going with the "Daft Punk" spacesuit. ;)

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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #803 on: 09/10/2015 09:49 pm »
Top link moved to YouTube

2 for the price of 1!!

So much for the interior walls being bare metal...  ::) (yes, I got a lot of flack at the time for even suggesting that what we saw at the Dragon 2 unveiling was not the final interior)

And this - in the video - isn't the final interior either. It is closer, but expect the final interior to me packed with more equipment.

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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #804 on: 09/10/2015 09:49 pm »
We finally get a glimpse of the flight suits!  I was still hoping for black and gold, but at least they match the interior! ;D

SpaceX definitely earned some extra style points today  8)

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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #805 on: 09/10/2015 09:53 pm »
SpaceX images:

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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #806 on: 09/10/2015 09:54 pm »
"deorbit now" button!  :D
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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #807 on: 09/10/2015 09:54 pm »
We finally get a glimpse of the flight suits!  I was still hoping for black and gold, but at least they match the interior! ;D

SpaceX definitely earned some extra style points today  8)

Was hoping for scarlet & gold spacesuits. Just like the suit in the Hawthorne lobby.

« Last Edit: 09/10/2015 09:58 pm by Zed_Noir »

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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #808 on: 09/10/2015 10:10 pm »
Top link moved to YouTube

2 for the price of 1!!



I was amused by the "Battlestar Galactica" camera zooming.

But what caught my eye was the redesigned control panel. It appears very different from the debut, which isn't surprising.
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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #809 on: 09/10/2015 10:14 pm »
Looks like the suit image that was floating around L2 turned out to be the real deal.

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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #810 on: 09/10/2015 10:39 pm »
Significant differences over the interior hardware that was revealed with Dragon 2 in May 2014. Interior paneling, the instrument panel/controls, seat design and mounts even the color scheme are different. Id expect further changes as the design continues to mature and first flight approaches.

Interesting that as of now SpaceX is still going with the "Daft Punk" spacesuit. ;)

Where do you see a spacesuit in all of this?

EDIT: ok, I had seen the banner in on the SpaceX web site and the other video and thought the banner was it didn't see the video through to the end obviously.
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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #812 on: 09/10/2015 11:52 pm »
I'm in love...

Those interiors are beautiful, and they aren't just a render anymore!!

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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #813 on: 09/11/2015 12:52 am »

I'm in love...

Those interiors are beautiful, and they aren't just a render anymore!!

The videos and still images all look like renderings to me.

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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #814 on: 09/11/2015 12:56 am »

I'm in love...

Those interiors are beautiful, and they aren't just a render anymore!!

The videos and still images all look like renderings to me.

Some images from the video of the interior don't look renders to me (those close ups on the carbon fiber in the seats). They probably have built a mock-up for testing/training.

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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #815 on: 09/11/2015 12:57 am »
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Garrett Reisman ‏@astro_g_dogg 2h2 hours ago
Check this out!  The interior shots are real - not computer graphics!

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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #816 on: 09/11/2015 01:47 am »

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Garrett Reisman ‏@astro_g_dogg 2h2 hours ago
Check this out!  The interior shots are real - not computer graphics!

Thanks!

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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #817 on: 09/11/2015 02:43 am »
I'm wondering about the seat struts.....if you're underneath the upper seats and the upper seat struts fail, perhaps on a hard landing due to a chute failure, don't you get "squished" by the body and seat above you...??

....hmmmmm, maybe I shouldn't be bringing up failed struts in this discussion ...😄

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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #818 on: 09/11/2015 02:44 am »
"deorbit now" button!  :D
Given the seemingly urgent nature of this button, could SuperDracos be used for this deorbit burn, in theory?

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Re: SpaceX Dragon V2 Updates and Discussion
« Reply #819 on: 09/11/2015 02:59 am »

I'm in love...

Those interiors are beautiful, and they aren't just a render anymore!!

The videos and still images all look like renderings to me.

They aren't. You can pull down the EXIF data and some people on reddit did and listed the camera type and focal length etc used to take the images.

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The images on the website were taken on the 27th August this year so exactly two weeks ago. The used a Canon EOS 5D to shoot them and all the lighting is natural interior light, not a flash burst.

They also used a Red Epic-X camera.
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