Completed Training Events 1, 2 and 3: suited simulations with cadre in buck,
Can someone unwrap this please? QuoteCompleted Training Events 1, 2 and 3: suited simulations with cadre in buck,
Quote from: oiorionsbelt on 08/31/2018 02:18 amCan someone unwrap this please? QuoteCompleted Training Events 1, 2 and 3: suited simulations with cadre in buck,The "suited simulations with cadre in buck" means astronauts wearing SpaceX suits running through simulations in the Crew Dragon mockup.
Quote from: gongora on 08/31/2018 02:22 amQuote from: oiorionsbelt on 08/31/2018 02:18 amCan someone unwrap this please? QuoteCompleted Training Events 1, 2 and 3: suited simulations with cadre in buck,The "suited simulations with cadre in buck" means astronauts wearing SpaceX suits running through simulations in the Crew Dragon mockup.That's what I thought when I read it but "Suited" would suffice, why add "cadre in buck"? Just seemed odd. Looked up both words and now seems even odder but I'll leave it there.
Quote from: oiorionsbelt on 08/31/2018 02:43 amQuote from: gongora on 08/31/2018 02:22 amQuote from: oiorionsbelt on 08/31/2018 02:18 amCan someone unwrap this please? QuoteCompleted Training Events 1, 2 and 3: suited simulations with cadre in buck,The "suited simulations with cadre in buck" means astronauts wearing SpaceX suits running through simulations in the Crew Dragon mockup.That's what I thought when I read it but "Suited" would suffice, why add "cadre in buck"? Just seemed odd. Looked up both words and now seems even odder but I'll leave it there. "Cadre in buck" is a phrase coined by SpaceX. Buck is the term SpaceX uses for the Crew Dragon training mockup. I once asked one of my SpaceX sources for the origin of the term and the explanation she came up with is rather funny. Not sure though if she was pulling my leg or was in fact serious: buck is another word for rattle, the kind of sound-making toy toddlers use to play with. The training mockup is similar in nature. It is what the "toddlers" (not-yet-trained-astronauts) use to discover and learn the basics of flying Crew Dragon.From my dictionary I read that "Cadre" stands for: "a small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession." So clearly, "Cadre" refers to the astronauts.It's one of those situations where SpaceX invents a new term or phrase for things that already had a name.Remember RUD (Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly)? That's the SpaceX term for "Explosion".Another example: a (Crew) Dragon pressure vessel is not referred to as such but is called a "Weldment".
It's one of those situations where SpaceX invents a new term or phrase for things that already had a name.Remember RUD (Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly)? That's the SpaceX term for "Explosion".
Another example: a (Crew) Dragon pressure vessel is not referred to as such but is called a "Weldment".
Quote from: woods170 on 08/31/2018 08:10 amIt's one of those situations where SpaceX invents a new term or phrase for things that already had a name.Remember RUD (Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly)? That's the SpaceX term for "Explosion".That's a fannish term, IIRC and it has been around forever I think.QuoteAnother example: a (Crew) Dragon pressure vessel is not referred to as such but is called a "Weldment".I beleive a weldment is a term for anything primarily fabricated by welding and has a wider meaning than just the pressure vessel.So no I don't think they are necessarily making up terms but they may be adopting whimsical ones deliberately in some cases.
Or just adopting terminology that may be more commonly used for like items/structures in non-aerospace fields. Lots of their workforce has backgrounds outside of aerospace fields. So, they may be bringing in terms that they were used to using from those fields in preference over the more usual aerospace jargon.
“The number one safety-related concern for the program is the current situation with respect to the estimate of loss of crew,” Donald McErlean, a member of NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, said at a meeting of the panel last year. The U.S. Government Accountability Office has also warned in reports that the companies were having problems meeting that loss-of-crew requirement.However, during a panel discussion at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space Forum here Sept. 18, executives of the two companies said they now believed their vehicles met that and related safety requirements.
MOD 52: The purpose of this modification is to revise CLIN 001 Milesonte 01B.5 Demo 1&2 Dragon Integration Checkpoint, update the New Technology Representative address and add GFP Radiation Arm Monitor and Tether (which were previously provided to the Contractor in advance of this mod because it was determined that no consideration was due in accordance with clause H.34
There are some ugly things going on behind the scenes of the commercial crew competition. Will try to shine a bit of light on some of them this afternoon.
https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1047428050772811777
Quote from: Beittil on 10/03/2018 10:22 amhttps://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1047428050772811777I wonder whether this is related:https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1047532523545186304
Any idea what Eric Berger is talking about?https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1047532523545186304QuoteThere are some ugly things going on behind the scenes of the commercial crew competition. Will try to shine a bit of light on some of them this afternoon.P.S.: https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1047592486275878913