Author Topic: Genesis II launch - June 28, 2007 (Read 48062 times)

jabe · « **Reply #100 on:** 07/02/2007 07:58 pm »

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publiusr - 2/7/2007 2:23 PM
Would Falcon 9 be enough for your own private space station?

I'm trying to figure out the internal size of G-II. My gut feeling it has very little internal room. I have never seen a crossection of Genesis but G-I and G-II seem to be just checking if inflation works..which it does... I figure it has a hard central core jammed with equipment.. and when inflated is a tight squeeze for people..could be wrong

Galaxy, http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/out_there/developing_a_galaxy.php , may be better as a "middle"..not that they designed for real people use ... but is a neat idea.. Curious to see how the window option works in the up coming models... Love to take a look out..

cheers
jb
on side note..hope the cupola on the ISS makes it up..GREAT place to kill time when not at work on the ISS

josh_simonson · « **Reply #101 on:** 07/02/2007 09:47 pm »

I suspect those are stickers, not cards. I read somewhere that they haven't released the 'fly your stuff' stuff yet. Makes sense that they'd keep it stowed until they'd finished the first round of tests as it's much easier with the craft empty to observe the interior.

Norm Hartnett · « **Reply #102 on:** 07/03/2007 04:17 am »

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josh_simonson - 2/7/2007 2:47 PM

I suspect those are stickers, not cards. I read somewhere that they haven't released the 'fly your stuff' stuff yet. Makes sense that they'd keep it stowed until they'd finished the first round of tests as it's much easier with the craft empty to observe the interior.

If you look closely at the first interior, dark, picture you can see that, while most of the things on the wall/floor are stickers there are several pictures, apparently with labels, that partially overlay the stickers. I am pretty sure they are free floating, or will be.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #103 on:** 07/03/2007 10:44 pm »

Bigelow update:

"- The first exterior and interior pictures from Genesis II's 22 cameras are coming in, and can be seen at http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/out_there/genesis_II_first_pics.php

- Want to know where Genesis II is right now? Click this link: http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/out_there/wheres_genesis_II_world.php

- Ranging in magnitude up to 2.5, many are already reporting Genesis II sightings in the night sky. People have the opportunity to report their sightings on this page: http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/out_there/seen_genesis2.php "

jabe · « **Reply #104 on:** 07/07/2007 03:23 am »

Latest update at http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/index.php
Looks like an update to the first pics web site http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/out_there/genesis_II_first_pics.php..
anyone want to comment on the pic they added?
http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/out_there/images/welcome_to_the_future.jpg
I guess they only want cosmonauts

(if I have my suit pictures correct...)
looks like they will be posting pics of the fly your stuff soon...
http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/fly_stuff/

jabe · « **Reply #105 on:** 07/08/2007 12:02 am »

Maybe I'm the only one to catch the spelling or is my spelling of "wellcome" wrong?

http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/out_there/images/welcome_to_the_future.jpg Does anyone know how to get in contact with Bigelow?? I sent an e-mail but my bet is it goes in their spam bin

Doesn't give them credibilty to have bad spelling on an important graphic..
cheers
jb

coach · « **Reply #106 on:** 07/08/2007 04:37 am »

Robert Bigelow doesn't answer emails. I don't know if their PR department does or not. IIRC, I saw it on a documentary about him somewhere. I'll google it for proof.

Coach

todd5ski · « **Reply #107 on:** 07/09/2007 01:30 pm »

I like the picture, if only they could have spell-checked it first. Oh well.

jabe · « **Reply #108 on:** 07/09/2007 07:36 pm »

well,
Genesis II is no longer spinning...
http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/fly_stuff/view_fys_photos.php
the pictures are floating

hope they do regular picture updates,,be curious to see how the bingo works

edit:mmmmm under closer inspection they may not be floating yet... anyone else have opinions??

stockman · « **Reply #109 on:** 07/09/2007 07:44 pm »

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jabe - 9/7/2007 3:36 PM

well,
Genesis II is no longer spinning...
http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/fly_stuff/view_fys_photos.php
the pictures are floating
hope they do regular picture updates,,be curious to see how the bingo works

edit:mmmmm under closer inspection they may not be floating yet... anyone else have opinions??

very hard to tell. once you get over the fact that the pictures cover many of the same areas just from different angles and positions, you can see no movement between them. I would have to guess that these are not floating items as yet. jmo however.

ApolloLee · « **Reply #110 on:** 07/09/2007 08:00 pm »

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jabe - 7/7/2007 5:02 PM

Maybe I'm the only one to catch the spelling or is my spelling of "wellcome" wrong? http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/out_there/images/welcome_to_the_future.jpg Does anyone know how to get in contact with Bigelow?? I sent an e-mail but my bet is it goes in their spam bin Doesn't give them credibilty to have bad spelling on an important graphic..
cheers
jb

Well, looks like their Russian launch provider's logo is on it... Maybe they made it and didn't get the English translation right?

Satori · « **Reply #111 on:** 07/09/2007 08:27 pm »

Interesting fact: until the moment I haven't seen any picture of this launch! Didn't I look at the right place?

ApolloLee · « **Reply #112 on:** 07/11/2007 03:35 pm »

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stockman - 9/7/2007 12:44 PM

very hard to tell. once you get over the fact that the pictures cover many of the same areas just from different angles and positions, you can see no movement between them. I would have to guess that these are not floating items as yet. jmo however.

Cool new video on the Bigelow Web site puts the movement question to rest....

http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/out_there/video_inside_genesis_II.php

Watch for the cool collision between the Spacequest logos.

jabe · « **Reply #113 on:** 07/11/2007 05:57 pm »

VERY cool video... I'd be curious to see what kind of band width they have from genesis. Nice to have a longer clip..

now where do you buy the bingo cards lol

Noachian · « **Reply #114 on:** 07/25/2007 04:26 pm »

I emailed their PR guy and actually got an answer. It seems that photoshopped picture was done by the Russians as a little gift and it was they who spelled it wrong.

He did not mention the part of my email that said their web presence looked like it was designed by junior high school students. :laugh:

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #115 on:** 08/03/2007 11:01 pm »

Bigelow release:

"We have begun testing of the external projectors on Genesis II. We have put a page up on our Web site showing the first images of this system at work.

You are invited to take a look at http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/projections/. "

Satori · « **Reply #116 on:** 10/18/2007 01:34 pm »

I'm urgently looking for a image of this launch! Any help?!

JesseD · « **Reply #117 on:** 10/18/2007 11:27 pm »

I have seen no actual images of the Genesis-II launch. However, both Genesis-I and Genesis-II were launched on converted SS-18 rockets, commercially named "Dnepr". Bigelow did post pictures of the first launch at http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/out_there/view_photos.php. I would wager that the first launch photos are very similar to what the second launch looked like.

there's another stock photo at http://blog.stephenyears.com/?p=543

sammie · « **Reply #118 on:** 10/19/2007 08:02 pm »

Maybe ask forum member JimO (J. Oberg) he was at the launch site during the Genesis II launch. I hope that he, one day, will share his experience of this launch with us...

khallow · « **Reply #119 on:** 10/26/2007 01:38 am »

Hmmm, what is coloring that exhaust cloud? I suppose it's normal for nitrogen tetraoxide/hydrazine and maybe a bunch of that brown dust. How easy it is to tell the type of propellant used (er, common ones that is) from a glance at the launch?