Not to worry. Without the plungers, they are harmless.
Nice shot of the Dutch @AirbusDS_NL solar array wings being tested on the shaker at #ESTEC @ESA_Tech @ESA_nl in Noordwijk for @NASA_Orion European Service Module #ESM going on @NASA_SLS image via ESA M. Cowan
Shipping the second European Service Module structure
The solar arrays are shipped separately ??
The structure for Europe’s second service module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft arrived at the Airbus clean room in Bremen, Germany, last week.Technicians can now start working on installing over 12 km of cables, fuel, water and air tanks, computers, engines and everything else that is needed to support astronauts further from Earth than any human being has been before.
EM-2 update:Skeleton structure for Orion Moon Module arrives for assembly (in Bremen)http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Orion/Skeleton_structure_for_Orion_Moon_module_arrives_for_assemblyQuoteThe structure for Europe’s second service module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft arrived at the Airbus clean room in Bremen, Germany, last week.Technicians can now start working on installing over 12 km of cables, fuel, water and air tanks, computers, engines and everything else that is needed to support astronauts further from Earth than any human being has been before.
Quote from: eeergo on 05/04/2018 12:46 amEM-2 update:Skeleton structure for Orion Moon Module arrives for assembly (in Bremen)http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Orion/Skeleton_structure_for_Orion_Moon_module_arrives_for_assemblyQuoteThe structure for Europe’s second service module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft arrived at the Airbus clean room in Bremen, Germany, last week.Technicians can now start working on installing over 12 km of cables, fuel, water and air tanks, computers, engines and everything else that is needed to support astronauts further from Earth than any human being has been before.That's a very odd construction technique. Is that the most mass efficient way to build a service module? It looks like a temporary work rig that can be lowered or raised.
Quote from: Lars-J on 05/04/2018 12:49 amQuote from: eeergo on 05/04/2018 12:46 amEM-2 update:Skeleton structure for Orion Moon Module arrives for assembly (in Bremen)http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Orion/Skeleton_structure_for_Orion_Moon_module_arrives_for_assemblyQuoteThe structure for Europe’s second service module for NASA’s Orion spacecraft arrived at the Airbus clean room in Bremen, Germany, last week.Technicians can now start working on installing over 12 km of cables, fuel, water and air tanks, computers, engines and everything else that is needed to support astronauts further from Earth than any human being has been before.That's a very odd construction technique. Is that the most mass efficient way to build a service module? It looks like a temporary work rig that can be lowered or raised.The struts you see prominently on the picture are ground tools installed only for transportation and handling.They are needed because the ESM structure is so mass optimized that it cannot hold itself together without the other surrounding flight structures (cone adapter, crew module adapter).
Quote from: hektor on 04/25/2018 05:57 pmThe solar arrays are shipped separately ??The solar arrays in the earlier post are for EM-1. The post about shipping the structure of the second ESM concerns the ESM for EM-2.ESA contractors are working on multiple ESMs right now. The spare parts set that will ultimately become ESM-3 (for EM-3) is currently under construction as well.
Quote from: woods170 on 04/26/2018 08:05 amQuote from: hektor on 04/25/2018 05:57 pmThe solar arrays are shipped separately ??The solar arrays in the earlier post are for EM-1. The post about shipping the structure of the second ESM concerns the ESM for EM-2.ESA contractors are working on multiple ESMs right now. The spare parts set that will ultimately become ESM-3 (for EM-3) is currently under construction as well.Obviously my question was not clear enough. This Summer when the EM1 service module travels to the US does it travel with the solar panels attached or are they shipped separately.