The word from the better observers was that this wasn't a failure of the
rocket but of the piping system for loading/unloading the methane to the
rocket.
On 05/30/2020 01:33 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
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So, my TSLA stock should be safe now...
*From:*Bill Prince
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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
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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.
*From:*AF mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince
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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.
bp
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On 5/30/2020 11:18 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
Just a reminder in case you forgot.
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