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#140
by
TheFallen
on 16 Nov, 2013 18:08
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#141
by
catdlr
on 16 Nov, 2013 18:29
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[MAVEN] Timelapse of Atlas V Rollout with MAVEN Spacecraft
Published on Nov 16, 2013
See a short timelapse of the Atlas V rocket with NASA's MAVEN Spacecraft onboard be rolled out to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral.
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#142
by
Helodriver
on 16 Nov, 2013 18:38
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[MAVEN] Timelapse of Atlas V Rollout with MAVEN Spacecraft
Published on Nov 16, 2013
See a short timelapse of the Atlas V rocket with NASA's MAVEN Spacecraft onboard be rolled out to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral.
I hope the Mars planetary protection program was adhered to for the MAVEN mission. Wouldn't want any of those giant killer hornets attacking the camera in the video to get up there and contaminate the place
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#143
by
kevin-rf
on 16 Nov, 2013 19:09
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But that is a burrowing species and could dig up all the water for us.
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#144
by
jacqmans
on 16 Nov, 2013 22:19
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Here some photos I took today of the Atlas V with MAVEN at the pad. The HR photos can be seen in the L2 section.
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#145
by
John44
on 17 Nov, 2013 15:34
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#146
by
veblen
on 17 Nov, 2013 16:51
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I'll echo Jim's sentiment. The longer I follow spaceflight and rockets, the more I learn and the more interested I become in every sort of spacecraft and launcher. MAVEN is pretty amazing, even though it is "just" an Atlas V 401 with "just" a mars orbiter. It's not just anything at all! It's amazing.
Can't steer public opinion by telling them what they have to find interesting (sadly, some might say). There is still more interest for new launch vehicles, or technology that might lead to reuse or so. PR and flashy videos and goals might speak for less within actual companies, the general public ( and even moderatly interested space cadets ) are still influenced greatly.
But a discussion about PR and the general public's interest are a bit off topic.
I'll just close with wishing the best of luck to Atlas, Centaur ( just finished reading Taming Liquid Hydrogen, so a newfound interest in the stage ) and MAVEN. Hope the launch goes as planned, and that MAVEN might orbits for more then a decade to come.
That "lack of PR and public interest" is a crappy rationalization for a lack of a party thread for this mission. Regular successful missions to Mars are an amazing feat, why should this space site go "yawn"? Of course if this site just panders to what is popular, why bother reporting about space at all? Space is not popular. JayZ, ScarJo are popular.
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#147
by
John44
on 17 Nov, 2013 17:11
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#148
by
sdsds
on 18 Nov, 2013 02:26
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There's apparently a livestream feed.
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#149
by
Chris Bergin
on 18 Nov, 2013 02:32
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#150
by
Chris Bergin
on 18 Nov, 2013 02:36
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#151
by
TheFallen
on 18 Nov, 2013 04:30
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Cool photo of the Atlas V lit by xenon and a Full Moon
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#152
by
Targeteer
on 18 Nov, 2013 05:17
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With the weather forecast worsening through Wednesday, what is the range outlook with SpaceX/SES on the horizon? I don't remember any mention of the range schedule in the briefs I saw.
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#153
by
AJA
on 18 Nov, 2013 07:53
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at its conclusion, will boost the satellite into a higher elliptical orbit to relay data from other spacecraft currently on the surface of Mars.
Oh cool, didn't know that was the plan. I was a bit worried they were going to let it decay after the low passes, or (unlikely) deorbit it.
But William Graham's article says
Following the end of its mission the spacecraft is expected to decay from orbit and enter the atmosphere of Mars, and as a result precautions have been taken to ensure it is sterilised in order to minimise contamination of the surface.
So which is it?
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#154
by
William Graham
on 18 Nov, 2013 08:16
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at its conclusion, will boost the satellite into a higher elliptical orbit to relay data from other spacecraft currently on the surface of Mars.
Oh cool, didn't know that was the plan. I was a bit worried they were going to let it decay after the low passes, or (unlikely) deorbit it.
But William Graham's article says
Following the end of its mission the spacecraft is expected to decay from orbit and enter the atmosphere of Mars, and as a result precautions have been taken to ensure it is sterilised in order to minimise contamination of the surface.
So which is it?
The orbit will be raised for the extended mission, but it will still eventually decay.
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#155
by
Galactic Penguin SST
on 18 Nov, 2013 11:03
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Bad news on the weather front: a huge thunderstorm system has fired up over the Florida Panhandle over the past few hours and has been moving steadily east - not sure if it will move southward towards the Cape.
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#156
by
Artyom.
on 18 Nov, 2013 11:19
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#157
by
psloss
on 18 Nov, 2013 12:40
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Bad news on the weather front: a huge thunderstorm system has fired up over the Florida Panhandle over the past few hours and has been moving steadily east - not sure if it will move southward towards the Cape.
It's a little ahead of the front, but it's also largely coming from out over the Gulf. It's nicer than I expected here this morning, almost Summer-like, but that's subjective. So far I haven't seen a new forecast issued from the 45th Weather Squadron.
Edit: attached a couple of shots from the press site from several minutes ago.
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#158
by
Chris Bergin
on 18 Nov, 2013 14:22
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40 mins to NASA TV coverage. Starting early, so I suspect a lot of it will be previews and such, before the business end of the count.
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#159
by
jacqmans
on 18 Nov, 2013 14:40
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Some shots I took a few minutes ago at the press site.
