Quote from: KaiFarrimond on 07/21/2017 02:55 pmQuote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 07/21/2017 02:54 pmQuote@SpaceX #39A progresses while range is down for maintenance. Strongback is showing off today. As seen from the @ExploreSpaceKSC tour.https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/888409067110232065Interesting that the top segment of the TEL has been removed.And we were assured by some here that SpaceX definitely does not want to ever again disassemble the top of their TEL.
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 07/21/2017 02:54 pmQuote@SpaceX #39A progresses while range is down for maintenance. Strongback is showing off today. As seen from the @ExploreSpaceKSC tour.https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/888409067110232065Interesting that the top segment of the TEL has been removed.
Quote@SpaceX #39A progresses while range is down for maintenance. Strongback is showing off today. As seen from the @ExploreSpaceKSC tour.https://twitter.com/julia_bergeron/status/888409067110232065
@SpaceX #39A progresses while range is down for maintenance. Strongback is showing off today. As seen from the @ExploreSpaceKSC tour.
No. We are assured that SpaceX definitely doesn’t want to move the upper support cradle.
How much of the pad will be taken down? Will some of the existing structure be retained and used to build crew access on to it?
From the recent Commercial Crew update at the NASA NAC HEO meeting: the crew access arm that will be installed later this year.
Quote from: gongora on 08/01/2017 09:22 pmFrom the recent Commercial Crew update at the NASA NAC HEO meeting: the crew access arm that will be installed later this year.Anyone know what is meant by "F9 - Merlin 1D and Merlin Vacuum Engine (MVAC) in development testing"?(As in, I could guess, and other can guess, but does anyone know?)edit: And why is this in the "LC-39 ...Falcon Heavy debut" thread. This is about commercial crew and the LC-39A work to that end. This slide is not about Falcon Heavy.
Quote from: Comga on 08/02/2017 04:30 amQuote from: gongora on 08/01/2017 09:22 pmFrom the recent Commercial Crew update at the NASA NAC HEO meeting: the crew access arm that will be installed later this year.Anyone know what is meant by "F9 - Merlin 1D and Merlin Vacuum Engine (MVAC) in development testing"?(As in, I could guess, and other can guess, but does anyone know?)edit: And why is this in the "LC-39 ...Falcon Heavy debut" thread. This is about commercial crew and the LC-39A work to that end. This slide is not about Falcon Heavy. The Merlin stuff is Block 5 testing (they mentioned multiple engines being tested at McGregor).I didn't really see any point in creating a separate thread for the commercial crew updates at the pad. (If such a thread already exists, let me know.) Feel free to copy the post into any appropriate commercial crew thread.
Quote from: gongora on 08/02/2017 05:11 amQuote from: Comga on 08/02/2017 04:30 amQuote from: gongora on 08/01/2017 09:22 pmFrom the recent Commercial Crew update at the NASA NAC HEO meeting: the crew access arm that will be installed later this year.Anyone know what is meant by "F9 - Merlin 1D and Merlin Vacuum Engine (MVAC) in development testing"?(As in, I could guess, and other can guess, but does anyone know?)edit: And why is this in the "LC-39 ...Falcon Heavy debut" thread. This is about commercial crew and the LC-39A work to that end. This slide is not about Falcon Heavy. The Merlin stuff is Block 5 testing (they mentioned multiple engines being tested at McGregor).I didn't really see any point in creating a separate thread for the commercial crew updates at the pad. (If such a thread already exists, let me know.) Feel free to copy the post into any appropriate commercial crew thread.Was there some human-rating requirement of engines needing considerable extra margin?so they need to test that the engines are capable of considrable higher thrust than what they will actually be using on the crewed mission?
Quote from: Kansan52 on 12/12/2016 06:48 pmSpace KSC mentioned in the replies that the Crew Access Arm was being built in an undisclosed location. Was that mentioned somewhere else? A 'Yes' answer means I issed the earlier post.I don't know where it was constructed, but this was mentioned recently in a NASA presentation:Quote from: gongora on 11/16/2016 12:18 amA few SpaceX notes from listening to the presentation by Kathy Lueders at the NAC HEO Committee meeting yesterday (you can find the recordings here). The first round of structural tests on Crew Dragon are done, continuing with further testing.They should do the space suit qualification next quarter.They have their 5th parachute test scheduled for this coming Saturday.The crew access arm is at LC-39A, they are waiting until Spring to install it so SpaceX can get the pad up and running for their other launches.They have been doing unit testing on the ECLSS systems and are getting ready for integrated testing.There was some discussion about the LOC risk numbers, some general discussion about the SpaceX mishap investigation (there is a team from NASA LSP that is taking an independent look at it). The presentation is a bit long (over an hour) but probably worth listening to if you're really into the commercial crew program.
Space KSC mentioned in the replies that the Crew Access Arm was being built in an undisclosed location. Was that mentioned somewhere else? A 'Yes' answer means I issed the earlier post.
A few SpaceX notes from listening to the presentation by Kathy Lueders at the NAC HEO Committee meeting yesterday (you can find the recordings here). The first round of structural tests on Crew Dragon are done, continuing with further testing.They should do the space suit qualification next quarter.They have their 5th parachute test scheduled for this coming Saturday.The crew access arm is at LC-39A, they are waiting until Spring to install it so SpaceX can get the pad up and running for their other launches.They have been doing unit testing on the ECLSS systems and are getting ready for integrated testing.There was some discussion about the LOC risk numbers, some general discussion about the SpaceX mishap investigation (there is a team from NASA LSP that is taking an independent look at it). The presentation is a bit long (over an hour) but probably worth listening to if you're really into the commercial crew program.
Here's the crew access arm picture on its own (pasted from the PDF at https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/ccp_nac_july24_2017.pdf).