I suppose that's why they are trying to introduce a tax on orbiting satellites and shit to encourage people to dispose of their waste properly when they've finished with it.
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I suppose that's why they are trying to introduce a tax on orbiting satellites and shit to encourage people to dispose of their waste properly when they've finished with it.
Would have been pretty cool if it had managed to come back to Earth.
Not experience burn-up.
And land back on it's launch pad.
Fuck Elon up no end. :)
There is basically no difference in fuel requirements. Just more drifting. Maybe a little more small corrections but that takes very little. They have plenty of reserves. In fact way too much. They have all the propellant that they have not spent for abort.Quote:
Originally Posted by OhOh
They need more supplies for the astronauts, oxygen, CO2 scrubbing, water, food.
https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2020/05/761.jpg
Pretty damn cool.
Much more neat and tidy.
Until this
https://youtu.be/Q9B8XYKotDk?t=396
I'm sure 'arry will let us know when SpaceX's fix will be available.
the messy cockpit was much more fun though :)
and in time of panic, not sure the touch screen will be more efficient than simply pushing buttons on a messy dashboard
For a handful of essential functions they have buttons. Like deorbit and deorbit now. Difference being that deorbit gets them down on water, deorbit now gets them down no matter what the target area is. At least that's the info from maybe a year ago. There is also an abort button which they should never ever use. Leave that to the computers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragonfly
Quote:
Originally Posted by OhOh
They use a realtime OS, certainly not Windows. Though realtime is relative, a nearly real time version of linux.
I still laugh at that Apollo Guidance Computer....
Your Mobile Phone vs. Apollo 11's Guidance Computer | RealClearScience
do they have to confirm their passcode on the touchscreen if they push one of those buttons by accident?Quote:
Originally Posted by Takeovers
could make the whole situation kind of funny in an emergency landing situation :)
and yet all those smart phones do stupid shit compared to the mission of those computersQuote:
Originally Posted by harrybarracuda
size doesn't matter, it's what it does or what it computes that do
my WinXP with 512MB RAM do far more and more interesting things than your Windows 10 with 4GB Ram :p
Whatever they use requires a power supply. They may of course have solved the lightning strike problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Takeovers
Fun Facts:Quote:
Originally Posted by Takeovers
Quote:
- SpaceX vehicles are powered by dual-core x86 processors.
- In addition to the Linux operating system, they use LabView, a graphical programming tool that runs on Windows.
- Programmers at SpaceX prefer using C++ (and sometimes Python).
- The vehicle code is on the order of a couple of hundred thousand lines.
Should be a few hours away.
"We are moving forward with launch today," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a Twitter update today. There's no leeway in that launch window, by the way. If Demo-2 cannot get off the ground at 3:22 p.m., the mission team will have to start working toward the next available opportunity, which comes Sunday (May 31) at 3:00 p.m. (1900 GMT)."
Or around the same time tomorrow.
SpaceX will try again to launch 1st astronauts for NASA today. Here's when to watch live. | Space
This is going to the ISS, just wait until they're going to the Moon, and Mars.
Weather looks good, the Teslas are just pulling up at the launchpad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIZsnKGV8TE
Let's hope they go up today. Doing many tries must be tiresome to all involved. But manned flights have more requirements for go, mostly weather related.
Well they're fueling it, which is further than they got last time.
They must have some fucking bandwidth, 1.3 million viewers and the picture is flawless!
They did fuel. The first stage was fully fueled, the second stage partly, when hold was called. That's part of the reason why it took so long to get the astronauts out of the capsule, they had to detank first.
Presently launch conditions are all go. Let's hope it stays that way until launch.
Complete success so far.
Dragon is in nominal orbit. Separated from Falcon second stage.
Left picture Dragon drifting away from the second stage Right picture astronauts inside the capsule in orbit in microgravity.
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Booster has landed on Drone ship Of Course I Still Love You.
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On the way to the ISS at one point the astronauts will perform a mock docking maneuver. When they actually approach the ISS the docking maneuver will be done automatically. Astronauts are able to intervene and dock manually if there is a problem, which is very unlikely.
Dragon will do cargo flights besides crew flights and will need to do these fully automatically.
Watching it now ... but missed the launch.
Hoping to see a replayed on the TV
YouTube
Just a shot from the ISS
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Picture of the launch pad minutes before launch taken when the ISS passed over Florida.
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You should be able to go back to before launch on the live stream.Quote:
Originally Posted by David48atTD
Yep, that worked ... thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Takeovers
Watching now, 7 mins to launch :)
Stage 1 engine chill
Dirk Live from Mission Control Udon Thani.
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^ Beginning to retrack the strong back
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^ Thumbs up ... we are go for launch
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^ My Boys were counting down (but soon lost interest as it's not like Star Wars!)
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^ If I'm reading it correct. 1139 klms/h and 10.3 klms above the Earth's surface
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^ Midway through the second 'abort zone' and pulling 2.3 g's
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^ Calling the Mvac engine chill
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^ Everything looking good
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^ Throttling down the Merlin engines (on the first stage) in preparation for stage separation
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^ MECO - Main Engine Cut Off
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^ Stage separation successfull
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^ Second stage ignition successfull
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^ At 2 alpha, the longest abort zone
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^ View also of Stage 1, fins extended, attempting to land on the drone ship ... Of course I still love you :rolleyes:
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^ (re) Entry Burn on stage 1 (right image). Lasts for about 36 sec burn
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Entry Burn on stage 1 completed. Nice view on what the pilots see on their screens.
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^ Confirming SECO - Second Engine Cut off
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^ Drone ship loses video ... the conspiracy theorists will be active!
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^ First stage has successfully landed
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^ Left image ... highly technical zero G indicator :)
Endeavor......I was betting on Enterprise like the first space shuttle
Excellent news and congratulations to all involved and the thread managers here on TD.
And now you can practise docking...
SPACEX - ISS Docking Simulator
Although there may not be an ISS with which to dock, I just smashed into it at high speed dead amidships.
Bob and Doug show us around. Good old Bob and Doug.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLgaAd_2RTU
Quote:
Originally Posted by harrybarracuda
I lost it.
Fortunately there is a mute button on the Youtube viewer. Lot's of NASA coverage is social media stuff, people posting their pets in a space suit or just waving into the camera and such stuff. Horrible for me, must be a generational thing.