As long as they do that before people are on top.
> On May 30, 2020, at 4:49 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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. > > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > 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, >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> 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”. >>> >>> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com >>> Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2020 2:44 PM >>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Doug and Bob's Excellent Adventure - 2nd Try >>> >>> So, my TSLA stock should be safe now... >>> >>> From: Bill Prince >>> Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2020 12:53 PM >>> To: af@af.afmug.com >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> bp >>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> From: AF mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com On Behalf Of Bill Prince >>> Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2020 1:25 PM >>> To: af@af.afmug.com >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> bp >>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>> >>> On 5/30/2020 11:18 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: >>> Just a reminder in case you forgot. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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