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#80
by
Kabloona
on 05 May, 2015 20:52
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I think SpaceX should name their test dummy "Rocky" because...he's Gonna Fly Now!
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#81
by
Sohl
on 05 May, 2015 20:55
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After zoom and enhance, I think I might see padrat ...
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#82
by
Joffan
on 05 May, 2015 21:04
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After zoom and enhance, I think I might see padrat ...
so that was the hold-down mechanism for static fire...
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#83
by
the_other_Doug
on 05 May, 2015 21:52
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After zoom and enhance, I think I might see padrat ...
so that was the hold-down mechanism for static fire...
No -- see, that's the guy who has the job of lighting the fuses. To change the paradigm of launch system costs, SpaceX saves a
ton of money by removing the electronic ignition command systems -- hence, they always have guys under their rockets, lighting the fuses and then running like hell.
I hear there's a pretty high turnover rate...
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#84
by
kch
on 05 May, 2015 22:00
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Sweet, rocket powered octocopter.
"Roctocopter"?
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#85
by
JazzFan
on 05 May, 2015 22:13
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That better be a flame retardant suite or else, party over!
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#86
by
deruch
on 05 May, 2015 22:30
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That better be a flame retardant suite or else, party over!
Test was done outside.
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#87
by
NovaSilisko
on 05 May, 2015 22:32
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I hear there's a pretty high turnover rate...
Indeed, several hundred RPMs, as they hurtle down the flame trench.
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#88
by
deruch
on 05 May, 2015 22:37
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Reddit user /u/FrameRate24 designed a fan-made mission patch for this test as no official one has yet been released (
post). I thought NSFers would enjoy as well.
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#89
by
kevin-rf
on 05 May, 2015 23:46
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That better be a flame retardant suite or else, party over!
Didn't SpaceX recently get in trouble for not providing propper PPE? So I'm sure
crispy padrat is fine
I think with further enhancement I can see padrat holding a stick with smores on it.
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#90
by
Sohl
on 06 May, 2015 00:17
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So I'm sure crispy padrat is fine
Yeah, padrat is a tough dude. I heard he taught Bill Brasky how to drink and Chuck Norris how to fight.
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#91
by
dodo
on 06 May, 2015 00:20
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Looks just like in The Simpsons.
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#92
by
wannamoonbase
on 06 May, 2015 03:05
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This test has been such a long time coming that it's hard to believe that it's tomorrow.
Obviously we al hope for success. But so many things to test in one test, all the SDs, avionics and controls, software, drogue and main chutes, new trunk.
Maybe there is commonality to Dragin 1 on the these systems but it's still a bold big step. If it all works it shows they have a lot ready.
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#93
by
Alpha Control
on 06 May, 2015 03:24
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I can't believe I had zero memory of that one (too focused on Atlantis and the 1st ever F9 maybe?), but if all goes right Dragon's pad abort came exactly 5 years after Orion's Pad Abort-1 test! 
Now
that is a cosmic coincidence (if it holds)! Pad Abort tests, of two new American capsules, exactly 5 years apart to the day. Great catch GP!
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#94
by
funkyjive
on 06 May, 2015 04:15
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How do they plan on avoiding the cable net between the lightning towers?
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#95
by
ClayJar
on 06 May, 2015 05:03
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How do they plan on avoiding the cable net between the lightning towers?
I believe their plan to avoid the lightning protection wires is simply to not reinstall the wires they took down for the pad abort test until after the pad abort test, but that's just speculation on my part.
For photos and serious discussion, here you go:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=33423.msg1369744#msg1369744
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#96
by
padrat
on 06 May, 2015 10:13
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After zoom and enhance, I think I might see padrat ...
Shhhh......you weren't supposed to see that. Pay no attention to that man behind the smoke......
On a side note, I really need to check out Kerbal Space Program. Looks fun....
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#97
by
Rocket Science
on 06 May, 2015 10:52
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I had this Billy Blast Off as a kid... Look familiar?
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#98
by
sghill
on 06 May, 2015 13:00
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#99
by
Norm38
on 06 May, 2015 13:00
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Booo yahhh!!! That'd be a hell of a ride.
