Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 / Dragon 2 : SpX-DM1 : March 2, 2019 : DISCUSSION (Read 601802 times)

kevinof · « **Reply #1180 on:** 03/08/2019 01:25 pm »

Ditto. Got my attention and I then re-assured myself that it's just the ablative tps.

Quote from: punder on 03/08/2019 01:22 pm

Couple of bits that flew off during reentry... Probably just little particles of TPS or paint, but for obvious reasons I had a bit of a jolt. Things that cannot be unseen...

kevinof · « **Reply #1181 on:** 03/08/2019 01:25 pm »

No. was way before that.

Quote from: DecoLV on 03/08/2019 01:24 pm

Quote from: punder on 03/08/2019 01:22 pm
Couple of bits that flew off during reentry... Probably just little particles of TPS or paint, but for obvious reasons I had a bit of a jolt. Things that cannot be unseen...

Drogue doors coming off, mostly likely.

punder · « **Reply #1182 on:** 03/08/2019 01:32 pm »

Quote from: kevinof on 03/08/2019 01:25 pm

No. was way before that.

Quote from: DecoLV on 03/08/2019 01:24 pm
Quote from: punder on 03/08/2019 01:22 pm
Couple of bits that flew off during reentry... Probably just little particles of TPS or paint, but for obvious reasons I had a bit of a jolt. Things that cannot be unseen...

Drogue doors coming off, mostly likely.

Hard to tell, the IR made everything glow even after reentry proper. In any case, good outcome.

Am I allowed to say CONGRATS SPACEX AND NASA!! ?

Edit, stupid autocorrect...

EspenU · « **Reply #1183 on:** 03/08/2019 01:40 pm »

Wasn't there a NASA requirement for recovery within 1 hour after splashdown? Only 5 min left of that deadline...

punder · « **Reply #1184 on:** 03/08/2019 01:45 pm »

Bob&Doug now requesting a flotation collar!

kevinof · « **Reply #1185 on:** 03/08/2019 01:47 pm »

Time allowance for clearing the snagged chute.

Quote from: EspenU on 03/08/2019 01:40 pm

Wasn't there a NASA requirement for recovery within 1 hour after splashdown? Only 5 min left of that deadline...

clongton · « **Reply #1186 on:** 03/08/2019 01:50 pm »

Been bobbing in the water for an hour now. I imagine any crew that would be aboard after months in microgravity might be feeling pretty damn queasy by now.

clongton · « **Reply #1187 on:** 03/08/2019 01:52 pm »

Dragon is in the nest. Wow, looks pretty scorched! It's being described as looking like a toasted marshmallow.

Rocket Science · « **Reply #1188 on:** 03/08/2019 01:52 pm »

SpaceX: "A lovely toasted marshmallow"...

hektor · « **Reply #1189 on:** 03/08/2019 01:54 pm »

So if it would have been a crewed mission it would have been about 75 min from splashdown to crew egress ?

hektor · « **Reply #1190 on:** 03/08/2019 01:56 pm »

Quote from: clongton on 03/08/2019 01:52 pm

Dragon is in the nest. Wow, looks pretty scorched! It's being described as looking like a toasted marshmallow.

That it is painted white in the first place does not help. If it was brownish like the Soyuz it would be less obvious.

clongton · « **Reply #1191 on:** 03/08/2019 01:59 pm »

Dragon stowed aboard in it's nest.

kevinof · « **Reply #1192 on:** 03/08/2019 02:02 pm »

Well that was one hell of a week. Way to go Space X (and Nasa). Job well done.

kessdawg · « **Reply #1193 on:** 03/08/2019 02:03 pm »

Quote from: Rocket Science on 03/08/2019 01:52 pm

SpaceX: "A lovely toasted marshmallow"...

Still better than "clean micro-Gs" lol

punder · « **Reply #1194 on:** 03/08/2019 02:04 pm »

Quote from: hektor on 03/08/2019 01:54 pm

So if it would have been a crewed mission it would have been about 75 min from splashdown to crew egress ?

Chute-drape, and they were probably super cautious for this one. They will get faster I bet.

Everything on that "mild sea state" is bobbing like a cork though. Too bad NASA pulled the football on SpaceX propulsive landing.

lcs · « **Reply #1195 on:** 03/08/2019 02:04 pm »

On the way down I kept thinking of the 'Vomit Comet'. Given the extreme care the Russians display with crew removal from the Soyuz, it is hard to imagine how a long duration crew is going to manage this environment.

DecoLV · « **Reply #1196 on:** 03/08/2019 02:05 pm »

Quote from: kevinof on 03/08/2019 02:02 pm

Well that was one hell of a week. Way to go Space X (and Nasa). Job well done.

That was incredible; you couldn't ask for anything more. It just seemed like this mission was never going to get off the ground...it finally did!

Doesitfloat · « **Reply #1197 on:** 03/08/2019 02:08 pm »

Quote from: hektor on 03/08/2019 01:54 pm

So if it would have been a crewed mission it would have been about 75 min from splashdown to crew egress ?

It was a Demo mission. No one was on board.
The following would be different if people were on board.
1) They would not have waited 6 hours after docking to the ISS to open the hatch.
2) Dragon would not have remained on the ISS 14 hours after hatches closed.
3) Dragon crew would not remain in Dragon 75 after splashdown.

Demo mission.
No one on board.

vanoord · « **Reply #1198 on:** 03/08/2019 02:09 pm »

Quote from: punder on 03/08/2019 02:04 pm

Quote from: hektor on 03/08/2019 01:54 pm
So if it would have been a crewed mission it would have been about 75 min from splashdown to crew egress ?

Chute-drape, and they were probably super cautious for this one. They will get faster I bet.

Everything on that "mild sea state" is bobbing like a cork though. Too bad NASA pulled the football on SpaceX propulsive landing.

Mild sea state but there's enough ocean swell to make it more interesting - that might change if they're closer in to the coast, but the waves get shorter and taller in shallower water.

abaddon · « **Reply #1199 on:** 03/08/2019 02:11 pm »

The hand-wringing over some really very mild motion on the decent here is... well, typical.

Imagine if these folks had to be in zero gee for a prolonged period, I can't imagine how they would deal with that!