That's some real 4th Grade stuff right there on a US Government webpage."Payload Hazardous Serviceing Facility (PHSF)"Quote from: docmordrid on 03/08/2018 03:56 amFor the more visually oriented,https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/payload/lssm/facility/phsfbig.html
For the more visually oriented,https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/payload/lssm/facility/phsfbig.html
Quote from: NX-0 on 03/08/2018 11:51 amThat's some real 4th Grade stuff right there on a US Government webpage."Payload Hazardous Serviceing Facility (PHSF)"Quote from: docmordrid on 03/08/2018 03:56 amFor the more visually oriented,https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/payload/lssm/facility/phsfbig.htmlOur tax dollars, hard at work.
Quote from: atsf90east on 03/08/2018 05:20 pmQuote from: NX-0 on 03/08/2018 11:51 amThat's some real 4th Grade stuff right there on a US Government webpage."Payload Hazardous Serviceing Facility (PHSF)"Quote from: docmordrid on 03/08/2018 03:56 amFor the more visually oriented,https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/payload/lssm/facility/phsfbig.htmlOur tax dollars, hard at work.Seriously people? That web page is probably close to 20 years old and NASA probably can't get any money to completely revamp their web architecture. If they got the money, people would complain about that too. Geez.
It is just a dead part of the web. Nobody is maintaining it.
Considering how much a sci-fi nerd Musk is, and Kepler incredible results chasing exoplanets, that launch must be quite an exciting one for Elon... imagine if TESS ever finds the first Earth-like, inhabited exoplanets."My company launched the telescope that found the first E.T"
Quote from: Archibald on 03/19/2018 06:34 pmConsidering how much a sci-fi nerd Musk is, and Kepler incredible results chasing exoplanets, that launch must be quite an exciting one for Elon... imagine if TESS ever finds the first Earth-like, inhabited exoplanets."My company launched the telescope that found the first E.T"TESS won't have the ability to determine 'inhabited' exoplanets.
... imagine if TESS ever finds the first Earth-like, inhabited exoplanets.
Quote from: Archibald on 03/19/2018 06:34 pm... imagine if TESS ever finds the first Earth-like, inhabited exoplanets.I think you're being over-optimistic. The projected yield of Earth-sized planets (<1.25 Re) from TESS is ~70 and these will predominantly be in short period orbits around M dwarfs, so "Earth-like" (and habitability) is dubious.See Fig. 20 of here.However, it will yield a great crop of planets suitable for follow-up. I can hardly wait for the first data release.--- Tony
another juicy launch contract he snatched from ULA.
Quote from: Archibald on 03/22/2018 01:39 pmanother juicy launch contract he snatched from ULA. AFAIK that contract was originally for ill-fated Taurus (now Minotaur-C) rocket of Orbital.
May be in Florida for this launch. Was wondering. If it scrubs for weather or some other reason when would the next launch window open? Want to build in enough extra time in the trip to cover at least 1 delay.Steve
Quote from: Steve D on 03/28/2018 07:20 pmMay be in Florida for this launch. Was wondering. If it scrubs for weather or some other reason when would the next launch window open? Want to build in enough extra time in the trip to cover at least 1 delay.SteveChrisG gave a really good explanation of TESS's launch campaign in the updates thread:https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=45038.msg1790758#msg1790758Assuming the April 16th date holds as the first attempt, there will be repeated attempts every day for the next 10 days followed by a 5-day stand down. After which that pattern repeats.
Any risk of this impacting TESS on the 16th? And do you think TESS would get priority if so?
AFSPC-11 will get priority since its a national security launch.
ULA's Atlas V launch of Air Force's AFSPC-11 mission pushed back two days, to April 14, sometime between 4 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. EDT. No explanation offered yet.
https://twitter.com/brs03/status/981629438470303744?s=20QuoteAny risk of this impacting TESS on the 16th? And do you think TESS would get priority if so?https://twitter.com/AttwellAviation/status/981630552003502080?s=20QuoteAFSPC-11 will get priority since its a national security launch.