Quote from: abaddon on 09/20/2021 05:42 pmQuote from: joek on 09/20/2021 05:25 pmQuote from: hektor on 09/20/2021 03:24 pm...Cool. Maybe will incent others (CST-***) to also go after that market.The opposite, I think. Based on what we know, CST is more expensive by enough that the best way for them to sign commercial flights would be limited availability of Dragon. The more Dragon opportunities there are, the harder it would be to swallow the price difference.Boeing could subsidize the difference to try and win some contracts on a more competitive price basis, but that doesn't really seem like their MO.They'd have to wait for Vulcan to become man-rated too, since all of the remaining Atlas-Vs are already spoken for.
Quote from: joek on 09/20/2021 05:25 pmQuote from: hektor on 09/20/2021 03:24 pm...Cool. Maybe will incent others (CST-***) to also go after that market.The opposite, I think. Based on what we know, CST is more expensive by enough that the best way for them to sign commercial flights would be limited availability of Dragon. The more Dragon opportunities there are, the harder it would be to swallow the price difference.Boeing could subsidize the difference to try and win some contracts on a more competitive price basis, but that doesn't really seem like their MO.
Quote from: hektor on 09/20/2021 03:24 pm...Cool. Maybe will incent others (CST-***) to also go after that market.
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The opposite, I think. Based on what we know, CST is more expensive by enough that the best way for them to sign commercial flights would be limited availability of Dragon. The more Dragon opportunities there are, the harder it would be to swallow the price difference.Boeing could subsidize the difference to try and win some contracts on a more competitive price basis, but that doesn't really seem like their MO.
Awesome Elon Heated pizza 🍕 next mission?
Yeah, a little oven for heating food & Starlink wifi
Heated toilet 🚽 seat?
Definitely upgraded toilets We had some challenges with it this flight.
How long will that take? Years I guess?
Quote from: kevinof on 09/20/2021 06:14 pmHow long will that take? Years I guess?Very easy and short. The avionics are already. The engine were built manrated. The rest is just documentation.
....Boeing will need to upgrade Starliner with a toilet though. Current version doesn't have one.
It looks like the external camera for the cupola is simply a repositioned Peripheral Target Camera with a wider lens (~220°)
https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1439950546732036098?s=20
Quote[...]Space Adventures' free-flyer mission will provide up to four crew members with the opportunity to break the world altitude record for a private citizen spaceflight. The current orbital record of 853 miles (1,373 kilometers) was set in September 1966 by Charles "Pete" Conrad and Richard "Dick" Gordon on NASA's Gemini 11 mission. (Apollo astronauts, including Conrad and Gordon, later flew farther from Earth on missions to the moon, but the Gemini 11 record stands for the highest Earth orbit reached by a crewed spacecraft.)/Quote[...]Space Adventures, Inc. has entered into an agreement with SpaceX to fly private citizens on the first Crew Dragon free-flyer mission. This will provide up to four individuals with the opportunity to break the world altitude record for private citizen spaceflight and see planet Earth the way no one has since the Gemini program.
[...]Space Adventures' free-flyer mission will provide up to four crew members with the opportunity to break the world altitude record for a private citizen spaceflight. The current orbital record of 853 miles (1,373 kilometers) was set in September 1966 by Charles "Pete" Conrad and Richard "Dick" Gordon on NASA's Gemini 11 mission. (Apollo astronauts, including Conrad and Gordon, later flew farther from Earth on missions to the moon, but the Gemini 11 record stands for the highest Earth orbit reached by a crewed spacecraft.)
[...]Space Adventures, Inc. has entered into an agreement with SpaceX to fly private citizens on the first Crew Dragon free-flyer mission. This will provide up to four individuals with the opportunity to break the world altitude record for private citizen spaceflight and see planet Earth the way no one has since the Gemini program.
It's worth revisiting this statement from just a little more than two years ago. Jim was upset, perhaps justifiably, that SpaceX and Elon Musk seemed more interested in Starship than pushing Crew Dragon over the finish line. So he impulsively tweeted, "It's time to deliver."And it worked. The public spurring helped prod SpaceX to focus. Elon made it a priority, personally getting involved in the parachute redesign and test program. Eight months later SpaceX flew its first crewed mission and NASA now relies on the company for ISS transport. So bravo.BUT. And this is an important but. You would never see a NASA administrator attack a traditional contractor (read: Boeing) in this way. Too much political clout. Politicians would crush the administrator. So Jim's tweet was also hypocritical. When does Boeing have to deliver?
https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1445791031341903879Quote from: Eric BergerIt's worth revisiting this statement from just a little more than two years ago. Jim was upset, perhaps justifiably, that SpaceX and Elon Musk seemed more interested in Starship than pushing Crew Dragon over the finish line. So he impulsively tweeted, "It's time to deliver."And it worked. The public spurring helped prod SpaceX to focus. Elon made it a priority, personally getting involved in the parachute redesign and test program. Eight months later SpaceX flew its first crewed mission and NASA now relies on the company for ISS transport. So bravo.BUT. And this is an important but. You would never see a NASA administrator attack a traditional contractor (read: Boeing) in this way. Too much political clout. Politicians would crush the administrator. So Jim's tweet was also hypocritical. When does Boeing have to deliver?This is the first time I've seen hints that perhaps Jim Bridenstine had some justification in tweeting "It's time to deliver", and that there was some kind of impasse back then that Elon helped to push SpaceX to overcome.
SpaceX’s Bill Gerst says Crew Dragon’s toilet mechanics were redesigned after the toilet issues on the Inspiration4 mission.
we fix this problem in the tank by essentially making it all a welded structure with no longer a joint in there that can come unglued and come disconnected
Consistent with the culture of “learn from flying,” several other changes have been made to Crew Dragon Endurance for this mission; in the highly unlikely event of all three of Dragon’s flight computers failing during reentry, Dragon now has a fourth fully redundant computer that can control the vehicle. This ensures that landing success and accuracy remain the same under extreme failure scenarios, further increasing Crew Dragon’s safety.SpaceX has also made minor changes to the stitching on Dragon’s drogue parachutes. During post-flight inspections of Crew Dragon Resilience after Crew-1, teams noticed localized ribbon damage due to a debris strike on one of the drogue parachutes. The new stitching should further reinforce the parachute lines.Additionally, Crew Dragon Endurance will refly Dragon’s nose cone for the first time, debut additional cleaning processes to reduce potential FOD (Foreign Object Debris), return to an earlier propulsion system seal which performed better than a newer design, debut a software change to mitigate radiation interference on communications, and showcase enhanced docking procedures to reduce interference while docking to the ISS.
