Author Topic: [FEATURE] - "Press To MECO" - NASASpaceflight.com Press Documentary (Trailer) (Read 41366 times)

elmarko · « **Reply #20 on:** 11/02/2010 09:39 am »

Quote from: arkaska on 11/02/2010 04:22 am

The first video worked great in VLC on Mac. It didn't work in Quicktime but that isn't a surprise.

Second one works great as well.

Confirmed same for me too. Used VLC no problem, Quicktime predictably crapped itself.

psloss · « **Reply #21 on:** 11/02/2010 09:48 am »

Quote from: nathan.moeller on 10/30/2010 05:50 pm

And for those who didn't catch it, our own Chris Gebhardt was the man behind the mic for the narration

ChrisG is good, but you should look into getting this guy for the voice over. You have the budget for that, right?

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #22 on:** 01/31/2011 01:51 pm »

Thought I'd give this a quick bump as we're surging forward with production and ready to begin another marathon of filming at KSC for STS-133 and STS-134 in February!

Wayne Hale · « **Reply #23 on:** 01/31/2011 03:29 pm »

I find it somewhat amusing that everybody likes the term "Press to MECO". In fact, it is rather ominous in actual practice. It is an abort mode call; if an SSME shuts down at that point during ascent, the crew is no longer required to select and ATO abort which both dumps OMS propellant and freezes the orbital plane (preventing rendezvous with the ISS for example). At the PTM point, assuming an engine out, and 2 sigma low performance for the rest of the ascent burn, three things are guaranteed: the External Tank will not fall on a populated land mass post jettison, ascent steering will still attempt to meet the orbital plane desired, and the combination of OMS-1 and OMS-2 burns will at least meet minimum orbital altitude for a first day deorbit with steep deorbit targets protected by the propellant reserve. Not my idea of good day; better than some outcomes, though. PTM has never been a happy term in my experience, just another mile marker on the way to orbit. If you want happy words, it would be these: "Nominal MECO, no OMS-1 Required" which was my favorite call from FDO at the conclusion of ascent.

Martin FL · « **Reply #24 on:** 01/31/2011 03:40 pm »

Fascinating as I've always thought of it as a good term, that "even if" they lose an engine, they can still press on without aborting.

PAO always seem to make it sound like a good call too. Didn't it also make it into the script for a launch in a movie once too?

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #25 on:** 01/31/2011 03:47 pm »

Quote from: Martin FL on 01/31/2011 03:40 pm

Didn't it also make it into the script for a launch in a movie once too?

Yep. Armageddon - which is beautifully filmed, but technically all over the place.

Go to 5:50 on this video:

They sep the ET and SRBs together (hehe) and then call "Single Engine Press To MECO" (which is clever as they don't have the ET anymore, but those SSMEs are still firing, bless them

)

They also get a load of other stuff wrong with the calls, but it's Hollywood and I still love it as that film got a lot of my friends into Shuttle and NASA.

astrobrian · « **Reply #26 on:** 01/31/2011 04:01 pm »

Quote from: Wayne Hale on 01/31/2011 03:29 pm

I find it somewhat amusing that everybody likes the term "Press to MECO". In fact, it is rather ominous in actual practice. It is an abort mode call; if an SSME shuts down at that point during ascent, the crew is no longer required to select and ATO abort which both dumps OMS propellant and freezes the orbital plane (preventing rendezvous with the ISS for example). At the PTM point, assuming an engine out, and 2 sigma low performance for the rest of the ascent burn, three things are guaranteed: the External Tank will not fall on a populated land mass post jettison, ascent steering will still attempt to meet the orbital plane desired, and the combination of OMS-1 and OMS-2 burns will at least meet minimum orbital altitude for a first day deorbit with steep deorbit targets protected by the propellant reserve. Not my idea of good day; better than some outcomes, though. PTM has never been a happy term in my experience, just another mile marker on the way to orbit. If you want happy words, it would be these: "Nominal MECO, no OMS-1 Required" which was my favorite call from FDO at the conclusion of ascent.

The title was never meant in an ominous way. It is in fact a play on words, "press" as it is for and about us as media covering missions for this site, and MECO more loosely regarding EOP . Again, nothing bad intended by the use of the term but the word "press" was the one that fit the overall vibe of things best.

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #27 on:** 01/31/2011 04:09 pm »

Quote from: astrobrian on 01/31/2011 04:01 pm

The title was never meant in an ominous way. It is in fact a play on words, "press" as it is for and about us as media covering missions for this site, and MECO more loosely regarding EOP . Again, nothing bad intended by the use of the term but the word "press" was the one that fit the overall vibe of things best.

As another member of the team producing this, I will second this. It wasn't so much a literal use of the phrase, but the play on well-known words that we were going for.

jeff122670 · « **Reply #28 on:** 01/31/2011 07:57 pm »

I want a hat!!!! Can we buy Max-Q hats?

astrobrian · « **Reply #29 on:** 01/31/2011 08:37 pm »

Quote from: jeff122670 on 01/31/2011 07:57 pm

I want a hat!!!! Can we buy Max-Q hats?

Haven't really thought about selling the hats as they were made just for us, but will look into it. PM me your email and should have an answer for you by the weekend.

gordo · « **Reply #30 on:** 02/01/2011 08:20 pm »

<TV Expert mode on>

Looks really great guys, but a production comment :

Slow.....The.....Voice.....Over.....Down........

Let the picture breath and let it do the talking. The pictures and the pictures are the history, not exverything needs a VO, a small HD lower 3rd GFX works jsut as well sometimes.

Anyway, really looking forward to this.

<TV Expert mode off>

astrobrian · « **Reply #31 on:** 02/01/2011 09:18 pm »

Quote from: gordo on 02/01/2011 08:20 pm

<TV Expert mode on>
Looks really great guys, but a production comment :
Slow.....The.....Voice.....Over.....Down........
Let the picture breath and let it do the talking.
<TV Expert mode off>

Appreciated and noted

thanks

MP99 · « **Reply #32 on:** 02/01/2011 09:26 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 01/31/2011 03:47 pm

Yep. Armageddon - which is beautifully filmed, but technically all over the place.

I love this story about NASA using Armageddon in their training. Is it true?

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19526191.500-feedback.html

Quote

WHY does NASA show the movie Armageddon as part of its management training programmes? ... In reality, the screenings are just a game for NASA's space geeks: who can find the highest number of impossible things in the movie? The record, Feedback is told, stands at 168.

cheers, Martin

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #33 on:** 03/06/2011 04:44 pm »

Since we're between launch coverage operations, here's another trailer for our "Press to MECO" documentary. We don't own the music (theme from "The Office") and no copyright infringement is intended. Just for fun. Enjoy!

- DOWNLOAD HERE - (8 mb MP4 file)