{snip}NASA has never said anything about using both forever. After the certs and first few flights NASA will recompete. One or both could win or lose based onc ost, customer satisfaction, frequent flyer programs...
Yes, each company will move along at their milestone pace. I don't think ther eis anything magic about Mayish except for maybe CRS2. But ISSPO will not be locking in a provider at that point I believe.NASA will not be trainign the crews - the providers do.it is not practical to train crews for both. We will never have a person go up/down on different (excelt *maybe* a tourist) and the flights for an ISS increment are too far aprt to train for both. Probably you will get generic training both until it is clear what vehicle you are taking up. Even though they are autonomous vehciles they are too complicated to train for both as a pilot/CDR.NASA has never said anything about using both forever. After the certs and first few flights NASA will recompete. One or both could win or lose based onc ost, customer satisfaction, frequent flyer programs...
To me this just comes across as yet another 'power point' milestone. A couple of days of presentations on how things could be and wham... Boeing can hold up their hands again.Where is your hardware Boeing?
Remember, we haven't seen any photos of a real Dragon 2 either. Both programs are just kicking off.
...Boeing LED “Sky Lighting” technology.
Quote from: jacqmans on 12/10/2014 06:34 pm...Boeing LED “Sky Lighting” technology.Pardon my lay-personisms, but I must have missed the memo on what this is exactly. What on earth is "sky lighting" technology? The roof of my house confides in me that the inclusion of "sky lighting" technology into a orbiting pressure vessel may not be structurally benign. Is it:A) A skylight, but in space *none serious*.B) A bunch of tacky LEDs or whatever it is that seems to bathe the capsule interior in stark blue light from the mockup's they've created earlier. But in space. *pseudo-genuine question*D) Creative marketing of the "rich Corinthian leather" variety? *genuine question*C) (most likely explanation) Something with an actual function? *curious question*Sorry to be a dunce.
Remember, we haven't seen any photos of a real Dragon 2 either. Both programs are just kicking off. - Ed Kyle
Quote from: jacqmans on 12/10/2014 06:34 pm...Boeing LED “Sky Lighting” technology.Pardon my lay-personisms, but I must have missed the memo on what this is exactly. What on earth is "sky lighting" technology? The roof of my house confides in me that the inclusion of "sky lighting" technology into a orbiting pressure vessel may not be structurally benign.
Boeing CST-100 Spacecraft Moves Another Step Closer to Flight Program completes baseline and ground segment Critical Design Review ...Completion of the Certification Baseline Review allows construction on system hardware, including the spacecraft and United Launch Alliance (ULA) launch vehicle adaptor, to begin.
Quote from: The Amazing Catstronaut on 12/10/2014 09:20 pmQuote from: jacqmans on 12/10/2014 06:34 pm...Boeing LED “Sky Lighting” technology.Pardon my lay-personisms, but I must have missed the memo on what this is exactly. What on earth is "sky lighting" technology? The roof of my house confides in me that the inclusion of "sky lighting" technology into a orbiting pressure vessel may not be structurally benign. It's Boeing's blue lighting scheme first used on the 787. Here's a picture of it in the commercial CST-100. NASA's version should be similar.Edit: Removed bad html & used attach instead.
Quote from: jacqmans on 12/10/2014 06:34 pmBoeing CST-100 Spacecraft Moves Another Step Closer to Flight Program completes baseline and ground segment Critical Design Review ...Completion of the Certification Baseline Review allows construction on system hardware, including the spacecraft and United Launch Alliance (ULA) launch vehicle adaptor, to begin.(bold emphasis mine)Now things get interesting. Will the next milestone be a milestone of actual hardware? If so, then Boeing is catching up quickly on SpaceX. That latest review by Boeing appears to be equivalent to milestone 13B in SpaceX's CCiCAP contract, which SpaceX was supposed to have completed in Q1 or Q2 of 2014. I can't find any confirmation, however, that SpaceX completed that milestone.