Quote from: Nomadd on 08/13/2018 05:21 pmQuote from: gongora on 08/13/2018 03:17 pmQuote from: ValmirGP on 08/13/2018 03:12 pmI noticed that in the recent pictures of the interior, there where just four seats in the Dragon 2 Trainers. I do remember earlier pictures showing up to three additional seats. Were those nixed? When this was done? Or is it that there is a planned flexibility to make the interior with more seats in case needed?Four seats has always been the base configuration for NASA flights. Wasn't there talk of something to enable a single Dragon to evacuate a 7 person crew?They would have to remove the cargo areas and the toilet, and then install 3 more seats in order to do that.
Quote from: gongora on 08/13/2018 03:17 pmQuote from: ValmirGP on 08/13/2018 03:12 pmI noticed that in the recent pictures of the interior, there where just four seats in the Dragon 2 Trainers. I do remember earlier pictures showing up to three additional seats. Were those nixed? When this was done? Or is it that there is a planned flexibility to make the interior with more seats in case needed?Four seats has always been the base configuration for NASA flights. Wasn't there talk of something to enable a single Dragon to evacuate a 7 person crew?
Quote from: ValmirGP on 08/13/2018 03:12 pmI noticed that in the recent pictures of the interior, there where just four seats in the Dragon 2 Trainers. I do remember earlier pictures showing up to three additional seats. Were those nixed? When this was done? Or is it that there is a planned flexibility to make the interior with more seats in case needed?Four seats has always been the base configuration for NASA flights.
I noticed that in the recent pictures of the interior, there where just four seats in the Dragon 2 Trainers. I do remember earlier pictures showing up to three additional seats. Were those nixed? When this was done? Or is it that there is a planned flexibility to make the interior with more seats in case needed?
Quote from: whitelancer64 on 08/13/2018 07:35 pmQuote from: Nomadd on 08/13/2018 05:21 pmQuote from: gongora on 08/13/2018 03:17 pmQuote from: ValmirGP on 08/13/2018 03:12 pmI noticed that in the recent pictures of the interior, there where just four seats in the Dragon 2 Trainers. I do remember earlier pictures showing up to three additional seats. Were those nixed? When this was done? Or is it that there is a planned flexibility to make the interior with more seats in case needed?Four seats has always been the base configuration for NASA flights. Wasn't there talk of something to enable a single Dragon to evacuate a 7 person crew?They would have to remove the cargo areas and the toilet, and then install 3 more seats in order to do that.What toilet?
Quote from: Lars-J on 08/13/2018 07:42 pmQuote from: whitelancer64 on 08/13/2018 07:35 pmQuote from: Nomadd on 08/13/2018 05:21 pmQuote from: gongora on 08/13/2018 03:17 pmQuote from: ValmirGP on 08/13/2018 03:12 pmI noticed that in the recent pictures of the interior, there where just four seats in the Dragon 2 Trainers. I do remember earlier pictures showing up to three additional seats. Were those nixed? When this was done? Or is it that there is a planned flexibility to make the interior with more seats in case needed?Four seats has always been the base configuration for NASA flights. Wasn't there talk of something to enable a single Dragon to evacuate a 7 person crew?They would have to remove the cargo areas and the toilet, and then install 3 more seats in order to do that.What toilet?The one revealed by the astronauts last week
Q: Is there a bathroom on the new commercial flights? dragon and starliner crewA: For Dragon, yes. -Bob
SpaceX gives press exclusive access to Crew Dragon spacesuit and simulator [gallery]By Eric RalphPosted on August 13, 2018SpaceX has given the press access to its Crew Dragon simulator and custom-built spacesuit for the first time, providing an extraordinary level of detail and even the freedom to take photos of almost every aspect of both items.
This capsule is no different from the one that was at JSC, this is the same capsule.
Edit/gongora: This is a tweet from Stephen Clark. Credit/Link your sources!
Quote from: woods170 on 08/11/2018 08:02 pmWhat handles and hand-rails? They aren't needed. People in 1G can get in-and-out just fine with what you see in the photos. And you don't need handles in zero-G. The cabin is so small that a wall, ceiling, floor or seat is always within arms-reach of an astronaut.I suggest you review on-board ISS footage. Notice the hand-rails in the modules? Now notice how often they are used by crew.They mostly aren't.The crew moves around by ever so slightly pushing off from (with feet and hands) whatever surface they have under reach.Discussions of the ISS module interiors is rather off-topic but since you brought it up so authoritatively and since I was there in the design trenches at the time (and from the tenor and content of your post, you clearly were not), let me explain why those zero-g mobility and restraint aids are there in the ISS: they are there because NASA-STD-3000 required them to be based on prior shuttle and Skylab experience. Further, they are not just there for day to day moving around the element interiors. They are there for tilting racks out and performing repairs or maintenance. They are there for moving racks in and out of rack spaces (which is a thing that was done during shuttle support flights and was expected to be a routine operation for the life of the station). They are there for contingency ops like a fire, a major depressurization event or attitude excursion. Now how much or how little any of that has to do with Dragon 2 is open for debate, but the reason why such provisions exist inside ISS modules is not.
What handles and hand-rails? They aren't needed. People in 1G can get in-and-out just fine with what you see in the photos. And you don't need handles in zero-G. The cabin is so small that a wall, ceiling, floor or seat is always within arms-reach of an astronaut.I suggest you review on-board ISS footage. Notice the hand-rails in the modules? Now notice how often they are used by crew.They mostly aren't.The crew moves around by ever so slightly pushing off from (with feet and hands) whatever surface they have under reach.
Toilet standard on the 2.6B version, not available on the 4.2.B version?
Quote from: Alexphysics on 08/13/2018 09:14 pmThis capsule is no different from the one that was at JSC, this is the same capsule.pospa's and teslarati's photos seem to be from a different capsule. The exterior is different (yellowed and not smooth) and you can see the side door support cylinders (JSC capsule has no side door). The seat design is also slightly different, it has more prominent side support near the top. Not sure which one is more up to date though.
Three pics from media event today: CD upper hatch, training cabin interior from Hawthorne (to me more realistic then the unit in JSC) and interior design sketches.
More Dragon, you say? Ok.
This will be the first Crew Dragon to carry astronauts. It also now seems likely to be the first American spacecraft to carry astronauts to orbit since the flawed but venerable Space Shuttle. Amazing. @NASASpaceflight #SpaceX
