Author Topic: OMG it's the SpaceX Party Thread! (Read 478993 times)

rickl · « **Reply #1480 on:** 05/31/2012 12:57 pm »

Quote from: beancounter on 05/31/2012 12:51 pm

Quote from: rickl on 05/31/2012 12:45 pm
I wish somebody would say whether the GNC door has closed or not. Someone on the update thread said it should have happened by now, although I can't find a time for it.

It's goodbye mission if they don't isn't it?

I seem to remember reading somewhere that they think they could re-enter successfully with it open, but I don't remember where.

I'm sure they'd rather it close.

sanman · « **Reply #1481 on:** 05/31/2012 01:41 pm »

John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, says that this has been a good first step for SpaceX:

archipeppe68 · « **Reply #1482 on:** 05/31/2012 01:58 pm »

Fingers crossed, here in Italy.
A real thrilling moment...

Rocket Science · « **Reply #1483 on:** 05/31/2012 02:09 pm »

Quote from: JNobles on 05/30/2012 11:09 pm

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Quote from: punder on Today at 03:47 PM

Just for the record... not that I imagine anyone cares... but I'm aware of Jim's qualifications, and respect him for it. Just thought it was weird to be slapped down for stating my *personal* feelings on what was supposed to be this big happy party thread.

Yeah, I've felt that slap-down too, as have many others, and with all due respect to someone's credentials, the "old curmudgeon show" is a little old.

Never stop cheering about something you feel like cheering about. If other people don't like your cheering, no matter who they are, they can learn to deal with it. It probably represents personal issues they have that you most likely wouldn't be able to help them work through anyway. Maybe you are cheering for something they don't really like or maybe they don't have anything themselves to cheer about and it bothers them that other people do.

Or maybe they are just grumps. Never stop cheering about something you feel like cheering about.

Let’s give this “Jim as a piñata thing” at rest… He knows his stuff… Positive energy only is needed for entry and splashdown.

Go Dragon!

~Robert

daver · « **Reply #1484 on:** 05/31/2012 02:13 pm »

It's a beautiful day for a dip in the Pacific. Here's too a happy wet Dragon. Nice job SpaceX!

kevin-rf · « **Reply #1485 on:** 05/31/2012 02:16 pm »

It's not a party until someone ends up in the pool... A guess it's Dragon's turn!

kirghizstan · « **Reply #1486 on:** 05/31/2012 02:20 pm »

Notice the box o joe and bagel boxes at Houston, it must be a spacex party there as well.

butters · « **Reply #1487 on:** 05/31/2012 02:21 pm »

Ok, time for the best-tested phase of the mission for Dragon! Trunk separation is new, though, so hopefully that works as expected.

So landing accuracy: less than 800m from the target like last time?

kirghizstan · « **Reply #1488 on:** 05/31/2012 02:23 pm »

Should we do a guess how acurate a landing contest. Winner fetes a year subscription to l2?

kevin-rf · « **Reply #1489 on:** 05/31/2012 02:26 pm »

Quote from: kirghizstan on 05/31/2012 02:20 pm

Notice the box o joe and bagel boxes at Houston, it must be a spacex party there as well.

If you spot an athletic cooler full of ~~Gator~~DragonAid I suspect Mr. Musk will be soaked on splash down...

Jason1701 · « **Reply #1490 on:** 05/31/2012 02:26 pm »

Quote from: butters on 05/31/2012 02:21 pm

Trunk separation is new, though, so hopefully that works as expected.

Happened last time, just with the trunk connected to the second stage.

simonbp · « **Reply #1491 on:** 05/31/2012 02:37 pm »

Quote from: kirghizstan on 05/31/2012 02:23 pm

Should we do a guess how acurate a landing contest. Winner fetes a year subscription to l2?

We need a big target to plop down in the ocean, like they did for Mir.

Rex Chan · « **Reply #1492 on:** 05/31/2012 02:38 pm »

Just posted this in the discussion thread:

Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk
Thrusters will also fire during reentry to adjust touchdown point. Next version will land w helicopter precision #Dragon

Is this new news? I didn't realize Dragon could do that...

corrodedNut · « **Reply #1493 on:** 05/31/2012 02:42 pm »

This is a lot more exciting that the rather anticlimactic destructive reentry of other visiting vehicles...

simonbp · « **Reply #1494 on:** 05/31/2012 02:43 pm »

Quote from: Rex Chan on 05/31/2012 02:38 pm

Is this new news? I didn't realize Dragon could do that...

The full plan, as of last autumn:

sanman · « **Reply #1495 on:** 05/31/2012 02:43 pm »

Quote from: Rex Chan on 05/31/2012 02:38 pm

Just posted this in the discussion thread:

Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk
Thrusters will also fire during reentry to adjust touchdown point. Next version will land w helicopter precision #Dragon

Is this new news? I didn't realize Dragon could do that...

Isn't he talking about LAS-Dragon with SuperDracos? He said "next version" and not "next mission" - so he was referring to the crewed Dragon with SuperDracos, I think.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #1496 on:** 05/31/2012 02:44 pm »

Quote from: Rex Chan on 05/31/2012 02:38 pm

Just posted this in the discussion thread:

Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk
Thrusters will also fire during reentry to adjust touchdown point. Next version will land w helicopter precision #Dragon

Is this new news? I didn't realize Dragon could do that...

I thought it was worthy of the live thread. At least the discussion thread. People really struggling to work out what thread to post on today, God knows why lol.

He's also referencing to F9r too!

SpaceX entry trending sixth on the BBC site, first trend for its mission (surprising, thought it would be trend for berthing).

Rex Chan · « **Reply #1497 on:** 05/31/2012 02:48 pm »

Quote from: sanman on 05/31/2012 02:43 pm

Quote from: Rex Chan on 05/31/2012 02:38 pm
Just posted this in the discussion thread:

Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk
Thrusters will also fire during reentry to adjust touchdown point. Next version will land w helicopter precision #Dragon

Is this new news? I didn't realize Dragon could do that...

Isn't he talking about LAS-Dragon with SuperDracos? He said "next version" and not "next mission" - so he was referring to the crewed Dragon with SuperDracos, I think.

Oops! Was referring to the first part of the tweet - that *this* Dragon can fire Draco in atmo to target splashdown area. I just thought it was all parachutes and the de-orbit burn.

sanman · « **Reply #1498 on:** 05/31/2012 02:48 pm »

Phew! If a regular non-SuperDraco Dragon could land with helicopter precision, I'd wonder what sort of parachutes it has.

sanman · « **Reply #1499 on:** 05/31/2012 02:50 pm »

Quote from: Rex Chan on 05/31/2012 02:48 pm

Oops! Was referring to the first part of the tweet - that *this* Dragon can fire Draco in atmo to target splashdown area. I just thought it was all parachutes and the de-orbit burn.

That's interesting - is there any danger or risk of firing the Draco thrusters during the descent thru atmosphere? Or is that no problem?