LIVE: SpaceX Dragon COTS Demo (C2+) FD5+ (DOCKED OPS) UPDATES

[Chandonn]

Phillip: After the cheese event from the previous Dragon flight, I'm curious if Elon left any "surprise" packages for the crew...

[Alpha Control]

PAO Rob Navias sounds irritated at the Sky News audio mix up.

[psloss]

Phillip: After the cheese event from the previous Dragon flight, I'm curious if Elon left any "surprise" packages for the crew...

I've already used my allotment of questions, but the crew probably haven't had much time yet to unpack.

[Chris Bergin]

Heh! Sky News still in the background.

On Cargo size. There's about as much as the back of a pick up truck.

Joe is very confident on the future. Would feel very comfortable in a human rated vehicle just like this one.

Question on MMOD...

It would look like a little impact crater, and that would have sharp edges and could cause problems for a good pressure seal. We looked at the sealing surfaces during the inspections.

More questions about the history of the event.

Don: This neither confirms nor negates the viability of commercial spaceflight. One mission isn't the key, many flights are.

Don notes they've had all six people inside Dragon. Not enough room for a barn dance, but plenty of room for the crews. Haven't taken any pictures yet.

Question on what was in the goody bags.

The unloading is scheduled for Monday. Don't know what's going to be in the special package. Nice to get a surprise now and again from Mother Earth.

[Space Man Spiff]

PAO Rob Navias sounds irritated at the Sky News audio mix up.

As he should be.  That was super awkward and unprofessional of them.  I'm surprised they weren't cut sooner.

[Chris Bergin]

Sky News (UK) on the phone! Oops, they don't know the format, they think they have a live opportunity.

Definitely one of the advantages of being here -- we get to cut in front of that "stuff."

Yeah, they didn't know this was a line of questions. They thought this was all for them. Fox News (same company) did the same during Shuttle mission events.

I've worked for Sky (sports reporting), they are big time mass media, so one can sorta understand.

...someone at PA needs to cut the friggin' link to the UK!!!! Bollocks!

Bollocks indeed I think the rule is one has to press mute on and off at your own end, so that was Sky's fault too.

Anyway, onwards and upwards. Thanks to Philip for being there for us. Great question on robotics.

Everyone keep an eye on the official sources as NTV coverage will be much less for the coming days.

[Chandonn]

Well, RE: the crew "goodie" bags: I'm hedging my bets on something geared toward Don's "fresh fruit" remarks from earlier (something strawberry?)

[Rex Chan]

Some images. Lighting looking pretty inside Dragon.

At least ISS crew got some live Sky news. And at least they cared enough to broadcast from ISS live (for those complaining mass media doesn't cover space enough).

[joertexas]

I am sorry if this was asked before, but I can not find it. When Don entered the Dragon he wore a surgical mask, Oleg wore a filtered mask. Can someone give me a reason? If this is the wrong place to ask, please remove and advise. Thank you.

I was also curious about that...

If anything (powder or liquid) had come adrift inside Dragon, the crew would breathe it in. Not a good plan ;-)

JR

[John44]

Expedition 31 - Post-SpaceXDragon Hatch Opening Crew News Conference
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7611

[Life_Support_32]

I am sorry if this was asked before, but I can not find it. When Don entered the Dragon he wore a surgical mask, Oleg wore a filtered mask. Can someone give me a reason? If this is the wrong place to ask, please remove and advise. Thank you.

I was also curious about that...

If anything (powder or liquid) had come adrift inside Dragon, the crew would breathe it in. Not a good plan ;-)

JR

Each segment has different Personal Protective Equipment requirements.  On the US side, it is usually goggles and a dust mask.  The Russian side does not use dust masks, they use the half mask with cartridges.  Therefore, you see the US crewmember with a dust mask and the Russian crewmember with a half mask.

[ras391]

Is this standard protocal for most items?  Russian and American segments use different gear?

[Ben the Space Brit]

Is this standard protocal for most items?  Russian and American segments use different gear?

This is one of the reasons why I view the ISS as being essentially Mir-2 and Space Station Freedom docked at PMA-1.  There is very little inter-segment overlap at all except (I think) power supply.

[manboy]

I am sorry if this was asked before, but I can not find it. When Don entered the Dragon he wore a surgical mask, Oleg wore a filtered mask. Can someone give me a reason? If this is the wrong place to ask, please remove and advise. Thank you.

I was also curious about that...

If anything (powder or liquid) had come adrift inside Dragon, the crew would breathe it in. Not a good plan ;-)

JR

Each segment has different Personal Protective Equipment requirements.  On the US side, it is usually goggles and a dust mask.  The Russian side does not use dust masks, they use the half mask with cartridges.  Therefore, you see the US crewmember with a dust mask and the Russian crewmember with a half mask.

Thanks.

Is this standard protocal for most items?  Russian and American segments use different gear?

This is one of the reasons why I view the ISS as being essentially Mir-2 and Space Station Freedom docked at PMA-1.  There is very little inter-segment overlap at all except (I think) power supply.

And a Russian sleeping in Harmony (or at least until Nauka launches).

[psloss]

Sky News (UK) on the phone! Oops, they don't know the format, they think they have a live opportunity.

Definitely one of the advantages of being here -- we get to cut in front of that "stuff."

Yeah, they didn't know this was a line of questions. They thought this was all for them. Fox News (same company) did the same during Shuttle mission events.

I've worked for Sky (sports reporting), they are big time mass media, so one can sorta understand.

Not a big deal and they got it straightened out.  I'll bet that made one or two of the folks on the phone bridge a little nervous.   Those Ku-band video windows generally can't be extended and it's no fun to get bumped.