Quote from: starsilk on 01/11/2011 05:55 pm* the only failure AT ALL on the mission was a temperature sensor that died (not a critical one, those are triple redundant) - 8:20 in the audio*ahem* I think he means, the only failure on the vehicle.I'm still a little curious about the kerosene disconnect and the arm that fell off the tower.
* the only failure AT ALL on the mission was a temperature sensor that died (not a critical one, those are triple redundant) - 8:20 in the audio
How in the world do you read "All engines/dracos worked" (by Elon) or "only a temperature sensor failed" (by Richichi) as anything but a denial?I'm not ruling it out - perhaps SpaceX could cover it up. But if the L2 source is as ambiguous as some claim (I do not have L2 access so I cannot verify), I would say that the burden of proof is on the person who claims that a thruster failure occurred.
Quote from: ugordan on 01/11/2011 09:55 pmThen again, someone else on the public section also said one Draco did fail so there you have it. Certainly neither confirmed nor denied by SpaceX.How in the world do you read "All engines/dracos worked" (by Elon) or "only a temperature sensor failed" (by Richichi) as anything but a denial?
Then again, someone else on the public section also said one Draco did fail so there you have it. Certainly neither confirmed nor denied by SpaceX.
Quote from: Lars_J on 01/12/2011 12:15 amQuote from: ugordan on 01/11/2011 09:55 pmThen again, someone else on the public section also said one Draco did fail so there you have it. Certainly neither confirmed nor denied by SpaceX.How in the world do you read "All engines/dracos worked" (by Elon) or "only a temperature sensor failed" (by Richichi) as anything but a denial?Denial and spin ("not lying, just not telling the whole truth") for PR purposes are not the same. SpaceX don't have a tendency lately to bring up something that fails unless someone else brings it up for them. All part of that "everyone's out to get us" paranoia, being commercial poster child and all that. Not saying I blame them, just that I wouldn't take everything Elon says at a post flight press conference at face value. Take that how you will. As for Richichi, well, he didn't exactly deny it, did he? It's illogical to expect there weren't other anomalies in the flight of a brand new vehicle, no matter how many "it all went perfectly" qualifications one applies. Mission objectives went perfectly, doesn't mean everything from a technical standpoint went perfectly.As far as I'm concerned, the jury is still out on this.
I forgot to download the interstage video from spacex. Does anyone have a youtube link to that? I can't find any on youtube.
You honestly think that announcing in a press conference that a sensor in a thruster malfunctioned after orbit was reached and a new space craft returned is necessary?
The SpaceX file server has 5 new images and an mp4 of the highlights video:https://send.spacex.com/bds/Login.do?id=A043517252&p1=naj20dpsbfegcidgdlgffcj20Most of these images are not "new" but they are much higher res.
This article has a hi-res image of the Dragon: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2011/02/09/tesla-has-landed/If I'm looking at it correctly, that's a hefty TPS thickness on the capsule walls.
wow that closeup really shows that the sides took some beating... looks like some chips taken out of it..
Quote from: stockman on 02/09/2011 07:39 pmwow that closeup really shows that the sides took some beating... looks like some chips taken out of it..The only thing I see that looks like damage is the tear-out for the parachute line. That is supposed to happen. Look at the images from the drop test. The remainder of the exterior looks pretty good, particularly considering its exposure. Just a bit of discoloration. Do you see additional damage?
Question: is the dragon dark on (mostly) one side due to its offset in its center of mass? (or better: due to the heat shield center being off-center in relation to the center of dragon as a whole)?
Just thought the two:- one-sided-crispyness- assymetrically-tilted-heat-shield-shape