The CRS-3/SpX-3 - Dragon, Suit Up! - Party Thread

[Chris Bergin]

Chris gave SpaceX 24 hours to respond after which the information will get posted on L2? Does that mean that the information will be posted tonight on L2 if he doesn't get an official response?

Tomorrow, but SpaceX have been in touch and I'm waiting for a response to what are eight key points/questions.

If they respond with "working on it" I'm not going to give a 24 hour deadline. Nothing back yet, however.

[NotOnImpact]

The news:  the first stage is still hovering 8 feet above the ocean surface.   That is what is taking so long to recover it.  It gets really hot when you are close to it.   Already have a couple of crispy sailors.

[AJW]

Maybe they did a divert test to prove that they can safely redirect to a different landing target after confirming engine restart and leg deploy.  That would likely be a requirement before approval to return a stage to land. 

It may also be about the accuracy of hitting the landing target.

[Thunderbird5]

Tomorrow, but SpaceX have been in touch and I'm waiting for a response to what are eight key points/questions

... the first seven of which are whether SpaceX have accepted Chris's application to their astronaut programme 

[yg1968]

I saw the original post, and people should calm down. It was just some more information about the descent and landing of CRS-3.

First or second stage... or Dragon?

SpaceX had discussed landing Dragon version 1 on land with parachutes. I wonder if that could be it. That would be exciting. 

[Jason A]

Elon's buying a MLS team. Chris is a huge soccer fan. That's got to be it!

[Elmar Moelzer]

SpaceX had discussed landing Dragon version 1 on land with parachutes. I wonder if that could be it. That would be exciting.

Would they need an FAA license for that though and wouldn't we know about it, if it was issued?

[ugordan]

I saw the original post, and people should calm down. It was just some more information about the descent and landing of CRS-3.

First or second stage... or Dragon?

SpaceX had discussed landing Dragon version 1 on land with parachutes. I wonder if that could be it. That would be exciting. 

Jason should really have emphasised the calm down part.

[Chris Bergin]

I saw the original post, and people should calm down. It was just some more information about the descent and landing of CRS-3.

You saw the one paragraph post that was pulled along with his second post as part of the trim. The second post was the other seven items.

[Maciej Olesinski]

Ok what is going on. Im king of lost.

[mme]

I saw the original post, and people should calm down. It was just some more information about the descent and landing of CRS-3.

You saw the one paragraph post that was pulled along with his second post as part of the trim. The second post was the other seven items.

So much for calm down.

[AncientU]

Ok what is going on. Im king of lost.

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=31513.msg1187497#msg1187497

[getitdoneinspace]

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/spacex-hits-milestone-in-bid-for-reusable-rockets-398531/

The first sentence of the article reads "SpaceX has reached a milestone in its bid to develop reusable rockets, with the apparently successful soft splashdown and recovery of the main stage of a Falcon 9 vehicle."

I added the bold. But the article does lack commitment with "apparently successful". Anxiously awaiting the real scoop.

[yg1968]

SpaceX had discussed landing Dragon version 1 on land with parachutes. I wonder if that could be it. That would be exciting.

Would they need an FAA license for that though and wouldn't we know about it, if it was issued?

You are right. That can't be it. I still wonder when that is going to happen though.

[Chris Bergin]

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/spacex-hits-milestone-in-bid-for-reusable-rockets-398531/

The first sentence of the article reads "SpaceX has reached a milestone in its bid to develop reusable rockets, with the apparently successful soft splashdown and recovery of the main stage of a Falcon 9 vehicle."

I added the bold. But the article does lack commitment with "apparently successful". Anxiously awaiting the real scoop.

Nothing new in that and the recovery part isn't what you think. It's just Flight catching up with the previous events. They don't really break anything since they lost Rob and Zach.

[AncientU]

SpaceX had discussed landing Dragon version 1 on land with parachutes. I wonder if that could be it. That would be exciting.

Would they need an FAA license for that though and wouldn't we know about it, if it was issued?

You are right. That can't be it. I still wonder when that is going to happen though.

Dragon 2... superdracos needed.

[somepitch]

I saw the original post, and people should calm down. It was just some more information about the descent and landing of CRS-3.

You saw the one paragraph post that was pulled along with his second post as part of the trim. The second post was the other seven items.

Oh jeez thanks Chris, I had just succeeded in distracting myself for a few minutes.... back to F5 cycling I guess! 

[yg1968]

SpaceX had discussed landing Dragon version 1 on land with parachutes. I wonder if that could be it. That would be exciting.

Would they need an FAA license for that though and wouldn't we know about it, if it was issued?

You are right. That can't be it. I still wonder when that is going to happen though.

Dragon 2... superdracos needed.

Superdracos are for propulsive landing. But they mentionned that they would attempt parachute landing on land first.

[CJ]

From what I hear* from various sources, the "pushing the boundaries" news being referred to is that, on Friday, Elon Musk will make a few tweets. It won't be news on MCT or anything like that, it'll just be a few selfies he took Monday, of him and the ISS crew hamming it up together in the ISS Cuppola.

*The voices in my head count as sources, right?

 

[mr. mark]

From what I hear* from various sources, the "pushing the boundaries" news being referred to is that, on Friday, Elon Musk will make a few tweets. It won't be news on MCT or anything like that, it'll just be a few selfies he took Monday, of him and the ISS crew hamming it up together in the ISS Cuppola.

*The voices in my head count as sources, right?

 

Ahh.... Last time I checked Selfies don't really count as a groundbreaking news story. I hope Chris is planning on showing us more than another picture Elon with his cat.