I have a question. Since the solar panels were "active during launch" per a callout, why wasn't Dragon oriented 180 around? The solar arrays are facing away from the sun at deploy. Was that intentional? Did Dragon reorient later?
The buckles on cargo dragon 2 appear to be AustriAlpin Cobra quick release buckles. Their product literature mentions Dragon directly.Based on the image that we have, I believe that the buckle is a FC25MVV. That model is made of aluminum / brass and rated for up to 18kN (~4000lb).F - Cobra BuckleC - Standard25 - 25mm webbingM - Matt Black F - Male adjustable partF - Female adjustable part
3) Ames thermal protection technologies, testing facilities, and expertise contributed to the successful launch and safe re-entry of NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 and NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 missions.
Sorry if this has been asked already and if it's in the wrong section. Is Crew Dragon capable of delivering Astronauts to the Gateway space station as is, or would it need upgrades?
Quote from: jstrotha0975 on 02/09/2021 12:55 pmSorry if this has been asked already and if it's in the wrong section. Is Crew Dragon capable of delivering Astronauts to the Gateway space station as is, or would it need upgrades?Upgrades to LAS to launch on FH and whole additional list which should be in a Lunar Dragon thread.
A new view for crew
Wow, this looks great, and very clever!Not sure this is a permanent modification, could it be just a fishbowl with a docking adapter which is mated to the Crew Dragon's docking interface?
Fascinating, and makes sense in that it isn't going to be docking anywhere. Seems like a rather substantial modification and... I'm going to guess it is a one-way modification, i.e. this capsule will be reused for free-flying tourist flights and is not going to go back to the ISS.
Quote from: su27k on 03/30/2021 03:05 pmWow, this looks great, and very clever!Not sure this is a permanent modification, could it be just a fishbowl with a docking adapter which is mated to the Crew Dragon's docking interface?Probably not. The nosecone requires the docking hooks to hold it in place. Such an adapter would be in the same place as the nosecone when closed.Likely would take out the docking soft capture system and adapt the dome to mount to the same locations.
A very clever enhancement of the experience. I don’t think there has ever been a transparent bubble like this for human Spaceflight before.
Quote from: Ludus on 03/30/2021 04:27 pmA very clever enhancement of the experience. I don’t think there has ever been a transparent bubble like this for human Spaceflight before.Aren't there RCS thrusters in the ring surrounding that bubble window? That's make quite a mess of the view.
Quote from: Ghoti on 03/30/2021 04:40 pmQuote from: Ludus on 03/30/2021 04:27 pmA very clever enhancement of the experience. I don’t think there has ever been a transparent bubble like this for human Spaceflight before.Aren't there RCS thrusters in the ring surrounding that bubble window? That's make quite a mess of the view.The forward bulkhead thrusters are located there on ISS Crew dragon, not sure about this one.They are one directional thrusters pointing straight out.
