Sam, thanks for the info, it doesn't show up on this page at all to me.David, what I found wasn't 2 posts above yours; that (on my thread) only showed the twitter post about the disconnect between Roscosmo and NASA.In any case, what Sam posted does go too far, as you point out.
Roscosmos specialists dismantle autonomous recording devices of the #SoyuzMS22 descent capsule for further decryption and analysis of stored data on the functioning of the ship's systems during flight and landing - reported Roscosmos. I'm curious if they will publish the results.
Interesting interview here with the deputy director of Roscosmos. He claims that both the Soyuz and Progress coolant leaks were caused by external objects: "What exactly hit there, no one knows. Our version is a meteoroid. It certainly wasn't space junk."
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 04/10/2023 07:52 pmInteresting interview here with the deputy director of Roscosmos. He claims that both the Soyuz and Progress coolant leaks were caused by external objects: "What exactly hit there, no one knows. Our version is a meteoroid. It certainly wasn't space junk."Somewhere back in this or a related thread one of our experts on Russian space said something to the effect of:In Russia, blaming a system failure on micrometeor or debris is the equivalent of saying "My dog ate my homework."Now they are saying it for two vehicles in a row.
Nelson says NASA and Roscosmos have ruled out a micrometeoroid impact as cause of Soyuz and Progress coolant leaks. Thinks Russians are on top of the investigation.
NASA's Montalbano says they have confirmed that reports of very high temperatures in the uncrewed Soyuz landing with the coolant leak were incorrect. Cabin temps were in high 70s F (~25 C).
I posted this question in the Crew-6 thread but I didn't have any answer.Did SpaceX make some improvments in her next capsules to accommodate a fifth (or sixth or seventh) crewmember with a Sokol suit and his Kazbek Mould in the event of a emergency return to Earth?
Quote from: TALsite on 05/16/2023 02:51 pmI posted this question in the Crew-6 thread but I didn't have any answer.Did SpaceX make some improvments in her next capsules to accommodate a fifth (or sixth or seventh) crewmember with a Sokol suit and his Kazbek Mould in the event of a emergency return to Earth?No. There's a contingency plan to strap down Soyuz seat liners on top of the cargo bags that are beneath the 4 crew seats in Dragon. SpaceX said they could fit three down there if necessary. No changes to the vehicle.
ASAP says the investigation into the Soyuz and Progress coolant leaks is still going, with the cause not yet clear. Also monitoring very small air leaks in Russian service module (a long-running, if minor, issue.)
small general reminder: in Russia department leadership has personal criminal responsibility for major accidents, i.e. total reorganization of everything and bunch of people in jail. Hence "cow dance on the ice" you witness all the time.It is normal. The soviets "solved" it by inventing intradepartmanental investigation (ведомственное расследование) which is specifically designed to focus on what actually happened and why and specifically avoids judgments of "who is to blame".P.S. 50`C with 50% humidity is definitely deadly within 1.5 hours (undocking/landing is 3h+). 45`C is deadly within 6h. I don't think they could dream about 50% inside of hermetically closed capsule.
Quote from: dondar on 05/29/2023 09:03 pmsmall general reminder: in Russia department leadership has personal criminal responsibility for major accidents, i.e. total reorganization of everything and bunch of people in jail. Hence "cow dance on the ice" you witness all the time.It is normal. The soviets "solved" it by inventing intradepartmanental investigation (ведомственное расследование) which is specifically designed to focus on what actually happened and why and specifically avoids judgments of "who is to blame".P.S. 50`C with 50% humidity is definitely deadly within 1.5 hours (undocking/landing is 3h+). 45`C is deadly within 6h. I don't think they could dream about 50% inside of hermetically closed capsule.Latest news is roughly 25C (see a few posts above), where are you getting 50C?
Quote from: Hamish.Student on 01/20/2023 10:45 pmHow likely is it that a photo of the setup would be made public?I FOIAed the seat liner install procedure today but don't have high hopes.Between Russian assets, SpaceX proprietary information, and NASA stating that the request is not specific enough, I think this one is going to be an uphill battle to 1. get the FOIA accepted and 2. get a document that has more text and pictures than blackouts.
How likely is it that a photo of the setup would be made public?
NASA ISS manager Joel Montalbano says the Roscosmos investigation into the Soyuz coolant leak found no evidence of workmanship or other related issues that could have caused it; they believe it was an "external force" that caused it. NASA reviewed that and concurred.
Yeah. I have one that actually fairly recent, just happened last holiday, so not this Christmas, but the one before. I got a call Christmas Eve and they said, you know, the Soyuz that was up on station sprung had a thermal leak and that we were zero fault tolerant to bringing our crew back from the ISS. We had one U.S. crew member on that vehicle and they said, “What can you come up with to try to bring him down if there was something like an ammonia leak or something on station where we had to evacuate?” And so it was my own little kind of Apollo 13 moment without all the stress, you know? But I got to kind of scour around what’s available on the space station, what’s available in Soyuz itself, that we could repurpose all of that, and came up with a plan to put, it was Frank Rubio in the cargo hold of the Dragon space vehicle, and then ran our models and did our assessments and found out that this is something we could rush in and actually set up. And it now is the contingency scenario that if we have something like this again, that we have a kind of a config that we can put, take the cargo off Dragon and put crew members under the seats and bring them home safely.
