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#360
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 20 Jun, 2009 03:05
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I know that they are available in the Powerpoint slide, but here are some images taken from the presentation:
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#361
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 20 Jun, 2009 03:13
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Is it wrong to love a cargo craft (Cygnus) more than a crew capsule (Dragon)?
With the first graphic, you really see how small the PCM is in relation to a regular MPLM (or in this case, Columbus which is a sister design, I guess PCM is like a younger cousin)
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#362
by
pippin
on 20 Jun, 2009 09:34
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Looks (unsurprisingly?) alike ATM, doesn't it :-)
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#363
by
Jim
on 20 Jun, 2009 09:53
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money machine?
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#364
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 20 Jun, 2009 12:34
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Perhaps he was trying to say ATV?
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#365
by
Jim
on 20 Jun, 2009 13:14
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Or Apollo Telescope Mount. That's what I thought he really meant.
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#366
by
pippin
on 20 Jun, 2009 13:24
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Or Apollo Telescope Mount. That's what I thought he really meant.
Nonono
Ronsmytheiii is right, I meant ATV, of course...
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#367
by
kevin-rf
on 20 Jun, 2009 22:35
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So if you install an ATM on the ISS, where do they spend the money
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#368
by
pippin
on 20 Jun, 2009 22:51
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So if you install an ATM on the ISS, where do they spend the money
Wakeup-Tunes.
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#369
by
simpl simon
on 20 Jun, 2009 23:33
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So Orbital has decided not to continue with their unpressurized cargo variant (or NASA has no need for it)?
NASA requested that we change the demo to pressurized and we agreed; this caused a change in the demo date. All the details are available (I am told - I have not checked personally) in the NASA COTS web site.
And can you share with us whether you will go with the Dutch Space solar array?
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#370
by
iamlucky13
on 21 Jun, 2009 00:03
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So if you install an ATM on the ISS, where do they spend the money
That would be pointless. How could paper ever replace M&M's as the standard currency in space?
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#371
by
Swatch
on 21 Jun, 2009 01:49
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So if you install an ATM on the ISS, where do they spend the money
Wakeup-Tunes.
Yea I hear Apple iTunes charges a $5 premium to transport the music through the tubes leading to the ISS.
[but that's enough off-topic talk]
Why all the red ink and restructuring in the Orbital COTS Milestone Tracking? (page 10 of the powerpoint)
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#372
by
Antares
on 21 Jun, 2009 02:37
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Why all the red ink and restructuring in the Orbital COTS Milestone Tracking? (page 10 of the powerpoint)
Probably has to do with the fact that Antonio mentioned ordering 9 PCMs somewhere above on this thread. The original SAA with Orbital was for an unpressurized demo, so if NASA bought 8 flights of pressurized on CRS it's kind of pointless to demo unpressurized.
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#373
by
antonioe
on 21 Jun, 2009 19:08
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Bingo. Except a PCM (especially if active) costs a lot more than a UCM!
As for the milestone restructuring, it is due to the fact that changing from a UCM (which was quite advanced in design) to a PCM threw the Cygnus first flight schedule out of kilter...
You may also be interested to know that PCM's come in two "lengths": a short but light one for dense cargo, and a longer but heavier one for less dense cargo. They also come in "active" (includes cooling at a payload mass premium) and "passive" (no cooling - more cargo) versions.
And I thought I had come up with the simplest possible system... *sigh*
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#374
by
kevin-rf
on 22 Jun, 2009 01:26
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And I thought I had come up with the simplest possible system... *sigh*
But do they come in a choice of colors, like NASA blue?
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#375
by
antonioe
on 22 Jun, 2009 15:19
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You can have it any color you want as long as it's white (O.K., with some gold accents here and there).
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#376
by
kevin-rf
on 22 Jun, 2009 18:58
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(O.K., with some gold accents here and there).
Pimpin your Cygnus I see
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#377
by
yg1968
on 23 Jun, 2009 13:57
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#378
by
William Barton
on 23 Jun, 2009 14:03
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You can have it any color you want as long as it's white (O.K., with some gold accents here and there).
A decal of a swan in flight would be nice...
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#379
by
jongoff
on 24 Nov, 2009 20:51
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I have a quick Cygnus question for Antonio or anyone else who can field it. I've been able to find references to what the internal volume of Cygnus is, but no data on what the actual dimensions are. I was curious for an idea I explored on my blog today. I could find dimensions for Dragon, but none for Cygnus. The key question would be what the usable inner diameter is. The OD of Cygnus from the data sheets is 3.1m, I'm just not clear on how big of a diameter you could fit *inside* Cygnus. PM me if needed.
~Jon
