Quote from: Robotbeat on 04/27/2014 01:31 amI think it goes both ways, here. Not contradicting what you said, just expounding on the comment from Ferguson: CST-100 may retain enough battery power to do the whole mission (in a slightly accelerated mode) with batteries-only if BOTH arrays fail to open, like was discussed with cargo Dragon. From what we have seen from Boeing, the Arrays wont need to deploy, they will just sit on the end of the CST-100 SM:
I think it goes both ways, here. Not contradicting what you said, just expounding on the comment from Ferguson: CST-100 may retain enough battery power to do the whole mission (in a slightly accelerated mode) with batteries-only if BOTH arrays fail to open, like was discussed with cargo Dragon.
Quote from: Ronsmytheiii on 04/27/2014 01:50 amQuote from: Robotbeat on 04/27/2014 01:31 amI think it goes both ways, here. Not contradicting what you said, just expounding on the comment from Ferguson: CST-100 may retain enough battery power to do the whole mission (in a slightly accelerated mode) with batteries-only if BOTH arrays fail to open, like was discussed with cargo Dragon. From what we have seen from Boeing, the Arrays wont need to deploy, they will just sit on the end of the CST-100 SM:Thanks! Do you have a link to that presentation?
Um... yeah, I don't think it will look anything like that. Not event close.This image gives a decent idea of what they need to pack in there:
Looks like Boeing is doing some PR work....This was on tonight's local tv station.. the Bigelow & Boeing deal.....I need to read above but check out the number of people aboard in the video.Nice passenger seats & one for the Pilot.http://www.jrn.com/ktnv/positively-lv/In-North-Las-Vegas-a-sneak-peek-at-the-future-of-space-travel--257427871.html
10 people packed in a CST-100? Are they trying to make Soyuz look spacious? That has to be a misunderstanding.
That has to be a misunderstanding.
Quote from: Lars_J on 05/01/2014 03:54 pmThat has to be a misunderstanding.It is not a misunderstanding. If the sole purpose of the flight is to deliver passengers to a commercial space station, such as Bigelow has planned using its BA 330 modules, then the CST-100's new commercial interior can be configured to seat nine passengers and one pilot. That said, the way the cabin is designed, the "overhead bins" of the spaceliner occupy the same space as the seats, so for each storage space the customer wants, they lose a chair. Bigelow envisions flights with six crew members. So it is a maximum of ten people with the actual number to be dictated by the customer's needs.
I'm still not seeing it.
Yes, but I suspect that any Boeing engineer that actually works on the CST-100 would find that rendering quite amusing.