Author Topic: The CRS-2/SpX-2 "Junk in the Trunk" Party Thread (Read 159461 times)

rickl · « **Reply #520 on:** 03/26/2013 10:26 pm »

I already used up my congratulations comment on the update thread earlier when I was at work, but I'd like to add that this flight was a real nail-biter for the first several hours, but after they got the thrusters working it was almost boring.

That's a compliment, by the way. With spaceflight, boring is good.

joek · « **Reply #521 on:** 03/27/2013 12:42 am »

Great entry in the GSFC change log today, 2013-03-26:

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CRS/SpaceX-02 Deleted; splashed down on 3/26/2013, and was recovered intact.

corrodedNut · « **Reply #522 on:** 03/27/2013 12:23 pm »

Well done SpaceX and NASA. That's 3 successful Dragon missions in 10 months, btw.

How about a nickname for this mission? So far, I've got:

"The Little Dragon That Could"

"It's Hammer Time" or "Just Slam It"

ugordan · « **Reply #523 on:** 03/27/2013 12:55 pm »

Quote from: corrodedNut on 03/27/2013 12:23 pm

"It's Hammer Time"

this

Kabloona · « **Reply #524 on:** 03/27/2013 01:54 pm »

Quote from: Thunderbird5 on 03/26/2013 06:12 pm

Now to see if dragon has learnt to hold it's breath in water!

Here's your answer from Molly McCormick:

"There was a girlish scream of triumph/delight when the engineer in charge of waterproofing discovered how well *his* stuff worked. #Dragon (https://twitter.com/Molliway/status/316738848543617026) "

Amazing what you can do with a tube of marine-grade caulk!

Kabloona · « **Reply #525 on:** 03/27/2013 01:57 pm »

And on the subject of marine recovery, this tweet from Molly McC is also pretty funny:

@bencredible Demonstrative "recovery" photo... http://t.co/VTX96a1yYk (https://twitter.com/Molliway/status/316608224545611776)

StephenB · « **Reply #526 on:** 03/27/2013 02:00 pm »

Quote from: joek on 03/27/2013 12:42 am

Great entry in the GSFC change log today, 2013-03-26:
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CRS/SpaceX-02 Deleted; splashed down on 3/26/2013, and was recovered intact.

Interesting that a NASA site uses spaceflightnow.com as a source for the mission outcomes in a lot of cases.

PreferToLurk · « **Reply #527 on:** 03/27/2013 03:49 pm »

Quote from: StephenB on 03/27/2013 02:00 pm

Interesting that a NASA site uses spaceflightnow.com as a source for the mission outcomes in a lot of cases.

A -- While many NASA personnel contribute to this site, it is not a "NASA site". Not taxpayer funded, L2 subscriptions and advertiser funded.

B -- L2 often has the same information earlier, but spaceflightnow.com sometimes has the public domain info appropriate for non-L2 sourcing.

Just a friendly FYI :-)

Edit -- It appears as though i should actually read what you were referencing before being all "Gotcha!". Just more proof I would be better off living up to my handle.

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #528 on:** 03/27/2013 03:50 pm »

Quote from: PreferToLurk on 03/27/2013 03:49 pm

Quote from: StephenB on 03/27/2013 02:00 pm
Interesting that a NASA site uses spaceflightnow.com as a source for the mission outcomes in a lot of cases.

A -- While many NASA personnel contribute to this site, it is not a "NASA site". Not taxpayer funded, L2 subscriptions and advertiser funded.

B -- L2 often has the same information earlier, but spaceflightnow.com sometimes has the public domain info appropriate for non-L2 sourcing.

Just a friendly FYI :-)

Errr he meant this database at GSFC: http://msdb.gsfc.nasa.gov/change_log.php, not NSF.

mlindner · « **Reply #529 on:** 03/27/2013 04:07 pm »

Quote from: corrodedNut on 03/27/2013 12:23 pm

Well done SpaceX and NASA. That's 3 successful Dragon missions in 10 months, btw.

How about a nickname for this mission? So far, I've got:

"The Little Dragon That Could"

"It's Hammer Time" or "Just Slam It"

Junk in the Trunk

corrodedNut · « **Reply #530 on:** 03/27/2013 04:42 pm »

Quote from: mlindner on 03/27/2013 04:07 pm

Quote from: corrodedNut on 03/27/2013 12:23 pm
Well done SpaceX and NASA. That's 3 successful Dragon missions in 10 months, btw.

How about a nickname for this mission? So far, I've got:

"The Little Dragon That Could"

"It's Hammer Time" or "Just Slam It"

Junk in the Trunk

That's the thread's name, but I was just foolin' anyway.

StephenB · « **Reply #531 on:** 03/27/2013 10:11 pm »

Quote from: PreferToLurk on 03/27/2013 03:49 pm

Edit -- It appears as though i should actually read what you were referencing before being all "Gotcha!". Just more proof I would be better off living up to my handle.

Yep, no worries.

rickl · « **Reply #532 on:** 03/28/2013 12:32 am »

Yesterday, Jester posted a few photos of the unberthing at L2, including this one, which is now available at NASA's ISS photo site.

http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-35/ndxpage24.html

On Tuesday morning I watched the live NASA TV coverage of the unberthing and release, and there were some shots of the ISS astronauts taking pictures of Dragon from the cupola. This was one of the photos that was taken at that time. I downloaded it to my computer later that evening, less than 18 hours after it was taken. It's a gorgeously detailed, high resolution image.

So not only did I get the full-resolution photo on the same day that it was taken, but I actually watched the astronaut take it, in real time!

I just think this is really cool. I remember the Apollo era, and the only live images we saw during those missions were the primitive fuzzy television transmissions. Back then the astronauts used film cameras for their high-resolution images, and we had to wait until they returned home and had the film developed to see the really good photos, which were published in Life magazine in the US. I don't know what the equivalent magazine was in the UK.

Actually, my favorite photo in this series is iss035e008924.jpg. It's almost identical to 8930 except that it is in portrait orientation rather than landscape, so it is better composed. But it's on L2 and I didn't see it on NASA's site, so I can't link it. On the other hand, 8930 is better suited for use as desktop wallpaper because of its landscape orientation.

krytek · « **Reply #533 on:** 03/28/2013 04:00 pm »

Why is it yellow?

mlindner · « **Reply #534 on:** 03/28/2013 04:01 pm »

Quote from: krytek on 03/28/2013 04:00 pm

Why is it yellow?

See the discussion on the mission general topic.

bjornl · « **Reply #535 on:** 03/28/2013 04:32 pm »

I could swear I just heard Elon's cat meow in the background of the post mission telecon. If there was any doubt of him being a diabolical mastermind, that should now be gone...

mlindner · « **Reply #536 on:** 03/28/2013 05:25 pm »

Quote from: bjornl on 03/28/2013 04:32 pm

I could swear I just heard Elon's cat meow in the background of the post mission telecon. If there was any doubt of him being a diabolical mastermind, that should now be gone...

I heard it as well. It was unclear who's cat it was though. Sounded equally like a door/chair squeal though.

Kabloona · « **Reply #537 on:** 03/28/2013 05:40 pm »

Quote from: mlindner on 03/28/2013 05:25 pm

Quote from: bjornl on 03/28/2013 04:32 pm
I could swear I just heard Elon's cat meow in the background of the post mission telecon. If there was any doubt of him being a diabolical mastermind, that should now be gone...

I heard it as well. It was unclear who's cat it was though. Sounded equally like a door/chair squeal though.

I heard a meow too, and it was during a question by one of the reporters. My first thought was, it's the reporter calling in from his home office, and his cat made an unanticipated contribution to the call. Elon, Gwynne, etc, probably experienced enough to keep their cats out of the room during telecon with customer.

bjornl · « **Reply #538 on:** 03/28/2013 05:46 pm »

Of course, but that's not half as fun as imagining him sitting in his underground volcano lair stroking his cat

Kabloona · « **Reply #539 on:** 03/28/2013 09:52 pm »

Quote from: bjornl on 03/28/2013 05:46 pm

Of course, but that's not half as fun as imagining him sitting in his underground volcano lair stroking his cat

And if Elon did have a cat, it should be this one...demonstrating water recovery...

http://laugh-lines.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/funny-angry-black-cat-bath-wet.jpg