Re: [AFMUG] OT Doug and Bob's Excellent Adventure - 2nd Try

[Bill Prince]

I imagine they instrument the *)&%%$ out of it and have 10 (or so) super-slow-mo cameras going at once to figure out what went wrong.

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On 5/30/2020 1:33 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:

You learn some of the most valuable lessons from failures.  They sn4 blew up.  Sn5&6 are already built and ready to incorporate the changes that come out of this failure.  Much quicker way to develop rockets.  Make lots of them, blow up lots of them,

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On May 30, 2020, at 1:58 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:



Well, SpaceX has that Mars rocket program or whatever it is, that blew up again yesterday.  I saw a video clip where the narrator said something like “that wasn’t nominal”.  I’m imagining the famous film of the Hindenburg disaster where the radio announcer says “that wasn’t nominal” instead of “oh the humanity”.

 

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So, my TSLA stock should be safe now...

 

From: Bill Prince

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Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Doug and Bob's Excellent Adventure - 2nd Try

 

It's not quite like shooting a bullet. There is a window that they can maneuver within. It may have to do with the amount of propellant carried in the "garage" attached to the back of the crew dragon. There also has to be enough left in that to de-orbit.

I saw a series of diagrams somewhere (maybe on the SpaceX web site?) that illustrated all the various maneuvers at the different stages.

The approach to the ISS is interesting in that there is an exclusion zone of sorts all around the ISS. They need to target to outside that zone until they make their final approach. Once they are in a parallel orbit just outside the exclusion zone, they can rotate and maneuver into the docking station. The crew dragon (and the cargo dragon) is that the whole operation is autonomous.

 

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On 5/30/2020 11:39 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:

Guy on radio was saying SpaceX crew capsule has to be launched at a specific time to rendezvous with the ISS, sounds like shooting a bullet.  Same guy said Boeing design will have a wider launch window because it is more maneuverable.  Looking at photos they don’t seem that different.  Does this sound right?  Main difference seems to be the way they land, in water or on land.

 

Not sure what happens to Boeing capsule if collapse of air travel on top of 737 Max fiasco spells the end of Boeing as a company.

 

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Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Doug and Bob's Excellent Adventure - 2nd Try

 

 

1522 EDT (AKA 3:22 PM)

1422 CDT (AKA 2:22 PM)

1322 MDT (AKA 1:22 PM)

1222 PDT (AKA 12:22 PM)

If you're not on daylight saving time, you know what to do.

 

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On 5/30/2020 11:18 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:

Just a reminder in case you forgot.

 

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