Total Members Voted: 133
Voting closed: 05/28/2020 07:21 pm
Whichever The case, as you said, NASA convinced the Russians that the risk was acceptable and DM-1 flew a successful mission. The NASA rep said today that SpaceX made a modification post-DM-1 that eliminated the issue entirely.
I wasn’t sure myself, so I did some searching and found a quote from Gerstenmaier in the DM-1 FRR that said, “That's the basic concern the Russians brought up, why isn't there a separate system or separate box to go provide this backup capability? We think we have sufficient rationale for that." Whichever The case, as you said, NASA convinced the Russians that the risk was acceptable and DM-1 flew a successful mission. The NASA rep said today that SpaceX made a modification post-DM-1 that eliminated the issue entirely.
Quote from: tadaniels on 05/23/2020 12:52 amWhichever The case, as you said, NASA convinced the Russians that the risk was acceptable and DM-1 flew a successful mission. The NASA rep said today that SpaceX made a modification post-DM-1 that eliminated the issue entirely.I seem to recall reading that the Russians had their cosmonauts retreat to the Russian modules on the far side of the Station when DM-1 docked.
If you like podcasts - today’s release has a flight director explaining the details not only of the mission, but how the separate mission controls will work together. https://overcast.fm/+Pjd9-HXeE
based on my experience as an astronaut, the Air Force flight test engineers, which is -- you know, Bob is one of those. I was fortunate enough to fly with Rex Walheim on another flight. And those guys just bring so much to the table from an astronaut perspective. They, in general, make the best astronauts that I've seen in my 19 plus years here. And so that program within the Air Force is a tough one to beat as far as getting somebody ready to fly a spaceship. ... You know, Bob is just one of those guys that is -- he's as competent, as smart, dependable. Whether it was in an airplane, you know, Bob and I probably have a thousand hours together in an airplane. So just backing me up in the front seat many times or helping make a decision, a weather decision or another decision.
For the wind was slowly rising and he let it take hold and blow him all the rest of the way across the desert to the rocket which stood waiting there.
Giant space fish swallows ISS
Pack on the left thigh could be a survival kit in case of abort in a remote area.
Quote from: spacenut on 05/24/2020 02:40 amPack on the left thigh could be a survival kit in case of abort in a remote area. "One forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings"?
It's an iPad
Quote from: AndrewRG10 on 05/24/2020 04:02 amIt's an iPadYep. I assume check-lists/manuals and other resources and/or communication tools are loaded on them.I assume you can think of them as the equivalent of flight check-lists that Soyuz crew read during ascent.
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