QuoteSpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket are positioned at the company’s hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ahead of the Demo-1 flight test targeted for January 17, 2019.https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2018/12/18/spacex-demo-1-spacecraft-and-rocket-at-launch-pad/
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket are positioned at the company’s hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ahead of the Demo-1 flight test targeted for January 17, 2019.
Are there any systems required to be fully functional on the first CREWED flight, DM-2, which are not fully functional on DM-1? Is DM-1 a fully functional spacecraft?
My apologies if this is the in-correct thread. Are there any potential impacts on the DM1 mission schedule if the government shutdown continues into the new year?
Quote from: Brovane on 12/27/2018 03:13 pmMy apologies if this is the in-correct thread. Are there any potential impacts on the DM1 mission schedule if the government shutdown continues into the new year? I don't know the answer to your question (I would guess the duration of the shutdown will matter here). I just wanted to comment that your question belongs in this thread, and factual answers to it belong in this thread. Opinions on the government shutdown should go in the Space Policy section.
Yes probably. NASA is on the list of affected agencies. So, in the absence of a quick deal I would definitely expect DM-1 to be impacted as there is a good chance that most/all of the NASA people involved with the remaining pre-launch reviews will be furloughed.
Other time-critical activities including those related to future ISS crew rotation and resupply activities will also continue at their full tempo.
One would assume that DM-1 'will continue at ... full tempo"?
Quote from: vanoord on 12/27/2018 08:19 pmOne would assume that DM-1 'will continue at ... full tempo"?I wouldn't. For a variety of reasons.
Quote from: clongton on 12/26/2018 11:08 pmAre there any systems required to be fully functional on the first CREWED flight, DM-2, which are not fully functional on DM-1? Is DM-1 a fully functional spacecraft?It doesn't have all the windows! :-)
Such as???
Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 12/27/2018 04:29 amQuote from: clongton on 12/26/2018 11:08 pmAre there any systems required to be fully functional on the first CREWED flight, DM-2, which are not fully functional on DM-1? Is DM-1 a fully functional spacecraft?It doesn't have all the windows! :-)So unlike Orion, this is a fully functional spacecraft on its 1st test flight.Thanks
Quote from: clongton on 12/27/2018 09:14 pmQuote from: Steven Pietrobon on 12/27/2018 04:29 amQuote from: clongton on 12/26/2018 11:08 pmAre there any systems required to be fully functional on the first CREWED flight, DM-2, which are not fully functional on DM-1? Is DM-1 a fully functional spacecraft?It doesn't have all the windows! :-)So unlike Orion, this is a fully functional spacecraft on its 1st test flight.ThanksI'm pretty sure DM-1 won't have some of the life-support equipment running.
Quote from: Brovane link=topic=36966.msg189327Are there any potential impacts on the DM1 mission schedule if the government shutdown continues into the new year? Yes probably. NASA is on the list of affected agencies. So, in the absence of a quick deal I would definitely expect DM-1 to be impacted as there is a good chance that most/all of the NASA people involved with the remaining pre-launch reviews will be furloughed.
Are there any potential impacts on the DM1 mission schedule if the government shutdown continues into the new year?
NASA personnel are not needed to conduct the test and they'd review the results from telemetry etc, which isn't going anywhere.
Quote from: deruch on 12/27/2018 07:05 pmQuote from: Brovane link=topic=36966.msg189327Are there any potential impacts on the DM1 mission schedule if the government shutdown continues into the new year? Yes probably. NASA is on the list of affected agencies. So, in the absence of a quick deal I would definitely expect DM-1 to be impacted as there is a good chance that most/all of the NASA people involved with the remaining pre-launch reviews will be furloughed.That probably depends on the precise terms of the contract between NASA and SpaceX. I suspect that it includes clauses as to agreed upon pre-launch reviews and that NASA has the right to nominate people to attend and contribute to those reviews etc. But, I suspect the contract is silent on what happens if NASA fails to nominate anybody or if the nominees fail to turn up. In such circumstances, SpaceX could well have the right under the contract to proceed with the test anyway. (Whether SpaceX would find it politic so to do is another matter!)NASA personnel are not needed to conduct the test and they'd review the results from telemetry etc, which isn't going anywhere.
Quote from: CuddlyRocket on 12/28/2018 01:55 amNASA personnel are not needed to conduct the test and they'd review the results from telemetry etc, which isn't going anywhere.False. Range personnel and others for safety etc. are required.
Quote from: Roy_H on 12/28/2018 02:42 amQuote from: CuddlyRocket on 12/28/2018 01:55 amNASA personnel are not needed to conduct the test and they'd review the results from telemetry etc, which isn't going anywhere.False. Range personnel and others for safety etc. are required.Aren't Range personnel USAF?
МОСКВА, 28 дек - РИА Новости. Первый запуск к МКС нового американского космического корабля Dragon-2 (разработчик - компания SpaceX Илона Маска) в беспилотном режиме, планировавшийся на 17 января 2019 года, перенесен на конец месяца, сообщил РИА Новости в пятницу источник в российской ракетно-космической отрасли."Американская сторона довела до нас информацию об отсрочке первого запуска корабля Dragon-2, который полетит к МКС в беспилотном режиме, с 17 января на конец месяца", - сказал собеседник агентства, не уточнив при этом причину переноса.
MOSCOW, Dec 28 - RIA News. The first launch of the new American spacecraft Dragon-2 to the ISS (developed by SpaceX Ilona Mask) unmanned, scheduled for January 17, 2019, was postponed to the end of the month, a source in the Russian space industry told RIA Novosti on Friday."The US side brought to us information about the postponement of the first launch of the Dragon-2 spacecraft, which will fly to the ISS in unmanned mode from January 17 to the end of the month," the agency’s source said, without specifying the reason for the transfer.