Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 / Dragon 2 : SpX-DM1 : March 2, 2019: UPDATES (Read 182064 times)

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #260 on:** 03/02/2019 08:13 am »

Elon thanking SpaceX team. Emotionally exhausted. It worked so far.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #261 on:** 03/02/2019 08:14 am »

"It's been 17 years to get to this point. I'm a little emotionally exhausted"

Notes it was very stressful, still needs to dock successfully. Notes the usual "No NASA, No SpaceX" reference.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #262 on:** 03/02/2019 08:15 am »

Asking about private customers. None now, but will after first crewed flights.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #263 on:** 03/02/2019 08:17 am »

Confirmation the nose cone opened, as opposed to those tweets just reading off the timeline.

https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1101773277054283776

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #264 on:** 03/02/2019 08:17 am »

Dragon 2 a complete redesign. Hardly a common part with Dragon 1.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #265 on:** 03/02/2019 08:20 am »

Some remaining concerns on Elon's mind:

https://twitter.com/TGMetsFan98/status/1101774236773953536

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #266 on:** 03/02/2019 08:21 am »

Asking about video of Ripley during first minutes of launch. Will get that later.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #267 on:** 03/02/2019 08:21 am »

Good to know:

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1101774405200498690

https://twitter.com/emspeck/status/1101774604941623298

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #268 on:** 03/02/2019 08:23 am »

Asking about changes, hydraulic pump grid fins. Can make changes working with NASA. Co-design with NASA. Joint effort. Able to fix pump. Bizarre stall zone. Fixed with relief valve change. Didn't need a another pump.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #269 on:** 03/02/2019 08:25 am »

Asking about advice for future dreamers. Agreed they would fail, but worth trying anyway. Almost did fail. Believes in the future of space. Makes people excited about the future.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #270 on:** 03/02/2019 08:27 am »

Asking re-entry overflight over US. Entry risk process. Worse case scenario. Work hand-in-hand with SpaceX. Run models and simulations of how it will land. Learn about modelling of vehicle. Excited about that part of the mission.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #271 on:** 03/02/2019 08:29 am »

Asking about launching crew this year. Elon. Looking promising. Talking about thrusters. Interwoven in a complicated way. Solar arrays are working. Concern is asymmetric backshell possibly causing roll during re-entry.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #272 on:** 03/02/2019 08:32 am »

Talking about docking. How it works at station. Do the undock maneuver. Separating trunk. The flight is going great so far.

Protecting SpaceX propriety data from international partners.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #273 on:** 03/02/2019 08:33 am »

Twitter question. Success like this gives confidence for the future. Learned how to work together as a team. Going to Hawthorne to see the docking.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #274 on:** 03/02/2019 08:34 am »

Next up is in-flight abort. Looking to supporting all those events.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #275 on:** 03/02/2019 08:35 am »

Asking Elon about getting through DM-2. Expect it to be really stressful. How do you feel about flying on it? Make they feel good about. Launch when we've done everything we can think of.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #276 on:** 03/02/2019 08:37 am »

Anything you saw in the data you want to take a closer look at? Elon. Full name of company is Space Exploration Technology. Its been 17 years. Haven't launched anyone yet. Can't wait.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #277 on:** 03/02/2019 08:39 am »

Thought everyone handled their roles very well. See team hitting its stride.

Seen various static fires. What's the crew perspective? Integration we see that here.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #278 on:** 03/02/2019 08:40 am »

Satisfaction of seeing launch from LCC? Elon. Never believed that this would happen. Humanity landing on the Moon was the greatest thing ever. Thankyou for letting us do that. Hopefully we go back to the Moon soon. We should have a base on the Moon. Humans to Mars and Mars base.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #279 on:** 03/02/2019 08:41 am »

Elon. I would be happy to go on vehicle. I think its a good vehicle.