So let me get this straight on how Falcon/Dragon work, Dragon launches off of Falcon, Falcon returns to Earth for landing, Dragon splashes down later?
The head of NASA is a capitalist. He was going on earlier today about supply and demand and how the government can't provide both the supply and demand.
This is a very different NASA.
practice. literally. you have to show you can do certain things before you move on.
I mean, it works in Star Trek right?
But the vehicle is basically fully autonomous (I mean, how many times has the Dragon succesfully reached the ISS and returned, 20 times or something?); altough there will be some manual flying during this test-run. Altough I do wonder about the redudancy; one could argue that hooking up a 'smart touchscreen' and have a backup screen (or two) might be much more efficient than all the wiring and complexity involved with manual controls.
Dragon will stay docked to ISS for a while before the astronauts return to Earth inside of it.
There's also the manual abort T-handle at the Commander's station.It's ok I can see the manual button panel now. I literally thought it was just 3 screens.
The first stage does not get into orbit. It basically falls out of space and uses whats left of the rocket fuel to land on a barge in the ocean. The smaller second stage is what completes the orbit but it is going way too fast to return. The atmosphere burns it upRight. So how does Falcon return to earth? Just comes straight down from orbit when it releases Crew Dragon?
The first stage only goes part of the way to orbit. Its job is to get the 2nd stage up and out of the atmosphere as quickly as possible. After the second stage separates, it falls back down and lands.Right. So how does Falcon return to earth? Just comes straight down from orbit when it releases Crew Dragon?
Right. So how does Falcon return to earth? Just comes straight down from orbit when it releases Crew Dragon?
Flight testing all of the systems with humans on board. Not sure what their plans are for the iss outside of the vehicle tests. I'm sure Nasa will fill up their schedule as always. I think they said their mission was expanded to about a month from 2 weeks.
Could go as long as 4 months if they're happy with the vehicleFlight testing all of the systems with humans on board. Not sure what their plans are for the iss outside of the vehicle tests. I'm Nasa will fill up their schedule as always. I think they said teor mission was expanded to about a month from 2 weeks.
To study the effects of weightlessness on tiny screws.
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They seem to fully embrace the opportunity to be freed from money hoggs like SLS.The head of NASA is a capitalist. He was going on earlier today about supply and demand and how the government can't provide both the supply and demand.
This is a very different NASA.
There's enough of a chance to launch that they're not going to cancel before they have to. They've cancelled unmanned flights with less than T - 10 seconds.Only an hour to go. I'm surprised this hasn't been cancelled yet given the inclement weather.
The original plan was to spend only a couple weeks there but the plan was changed and now they going to spend at least 2 months aboard.Excited to see this!
Are these two astronauts going to have a long stay on the ISS?
Also, in case anyone missed it, here are the weather checklist for launch?
Current stay length is not really known (I think the estimate is 1-4 months?). Issue is the solar panels on the Dragon trunk will degrade over time, so depending on how well they do, they'll extend the mission as needed.Excited to see this!
Are these two astronauts going to have a long stay on the ISS?
Also, in case anyone missed it, here are the weather checklist for launch?
'Is musk the Henry Ford of the space industry?' piece on the broadcast right now. This whole thing is a hell of a PR boost for him.
are they going earlier than 4:33pm eastern or is that still go time and they are clear now?