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Posted: 5/30/2020 7:26:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryNo, it should become a tradition that the first spaceship of a line that is American made should be named Enterprise. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 7:30:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/30/2020 7:33:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Alright fellow space cadets. I’m in position for the day. Across the bay from the launch pad, ~15 miles. Weather is MUCH better today, some rain clouds but lots of blue sky. We’re going to catch rain over the afternoon but not the purple tornado death on Wednesday. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/428894/0FB2C740-B4CE-4CD7-9296-24CFF770C0DB_jpe-1439053.JPG That restaurant has excellent food! |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 7:54:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No, it should become a tradition that the first spaceship of a line that is American made should be named Enterprise. I don't think that the shuttle Enterprise was ever space worthy. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 8:01:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't think that the shuttle Enterprise was ever space worthy. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: No, it should become a tradition that the first spaceship of a line that is American made should be named Enterprise. I don't think that the shuttle Enterprise was ever space worthy. Was only used as a test glider. Wasn't capable of spaceflight. Was supposed to be refitted to be capable eventually, but found to be too expensive. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 8:04:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/30/2020 8:05:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No, it should become a tradition that the first spaceship of a line that is American made should be named Enterprise. But only if they actually go to space. 
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Posted: 5/30/2020 8:07:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Fail. Not from today. Fail. Yea I know now. On Youtube there's a bunch of the same video listed with today's date. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 8:09:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't think that the shuttle Enterprise was ever space worthy. Nope but it flew. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 9:33:50 PM EDT
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I’m surprised at the number of you who weren’t watching the SpaceX feed.
Just go to spacex.com and click on a couple of links to go direct to their live YouTube feed (plays in the spacex.com window) Your comments about the other network feeds are exactly why I’d don’t watch them, with their continual interruption. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 9:35:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I’m surprised at the number of you who weren’t watching the SpaceX feed. Just go to spacex.com and click on a couple of links to go direct to their live YouTube feed (plays in the spacex.com window) Your comments about the other network feeds are exactly why I’d don’t watch them, with their continual interruption. The NASA feed was also good. If you have a TV that allows you to stream and/or watch YouTube, there is literally no reason to watch a TV channel for coverage of this. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 9:41:21 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/30/2020 9:44:02 PM EDT
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The ergonomics of the Dragon capsule strike me as a bit awkward.
Is it the camera angle(s)? Do they have any controls on the armrests? a HOTAS sort of thing? For as much as I use an iPhone and iPad I still find “mission critical” stuff better served by hard switches. I suspect it’s the same reason I prefer a manual over an automatic. If I have to I can MAKE it do what I want. But if software won’t cooperate incentivizing it with a hammer or crowbar still won’t help. == TOUR OF DRAGON CAPSULE “ENDEAVOR”  Tour from Space: Inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft on Its Way to the Space Station |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 9:48:36 PM EDT
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Happy to see my millennial generation accomplish at the fraction of cost and reusability of what the boomer generation could only do with bloated overspending at the taxpayers detriment, agency bureaucracy, and the inefficiency of the government sector.
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Posted: 5/30/2020 10:03:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Happy to see my millennial generation accomplish at the fraction of cost and reusability of what the boomer generation could only do with bloated overspending at the taxpayers detriment, agency bureaucracy, and the inefficiency of the government sector. My truck stereo used to have the only volume control on the touch screen. It was a pain in the ass to raise or lower the volume while moving. I'd hate to have to actual manage anything important that way. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 10:14:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well done gentlemen and SpaceX, eh?!   m |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 10:16:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Happy to see my millennial generation accomplish at the fraction of cost and reusability of what the boomer generation could only do with bloated overspending at the taxpayers detriment, agency bureaucracy, and the inefficiency of the government sector. Ahem! Musk and Shotwell are Gen Xers. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 10:21:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So, I'm no the only person who's inner narrator completed with '...McKenzie' every time an announcer said Bob and Doug. m Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Well done gentlemen and SpaceX, eh?! https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/57997/Bob_and_Doug_McKenzie_jpg-1439285.JPG m I'm still shocked I haven't seen memes with those two in space suits. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 10:25:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Because the Russians are so good at landing their boosters in a recoverable manner?  Nick During the cold war, the Soviets cheated with the French on judged events in the Olympics. You're probably too young to understand. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 10:27:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm still shocked I haven't seen memes with those two in space suits. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Well done gentlemen and SpaceX, eh?! https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/57997/Bob_and_Doug_McKenzie_jpg-1439285.JPG m I'm still shocked I haven't seen memes with those two in space suits. I'm wondering how long it's going to take for someone to put together a music video using scenes from today's launch and "Take Off" |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 10:32:17 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/30/2020 10:33:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ahem! Musk and Shotwell are Gen Xers. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Happy to see my millennial generation accomplish at the fraction of cost and reusability of what the boomer generation could only do with bloated overspending at the taxpayers detriment, agency bureaucracy, and the inefficiency of the government sector. Ahem! Musk and Shotwell are Gen Xers. Yeah I thought the same thing. I also think most this far along in their careers to build rockets are mostly gen x as well.
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Posted: 5/30/2020 10:35:48 PM EDT
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Elon Musk’s post-launch speech on Crew Demo-2 success, Starship and Moon Mission
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Posted: 5/30/2020 10:36:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm wondering how long it's going to take for someone to put together a music video using scenes from today's launch and "Take Off" Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Well done gentlemen and SpaceX, eh?! https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/57997/Bob_and_Doug_McKenzie_jpg-1439285.JPG m I'm still shocked I haven't seen memes with those two in space suits. I'm wondering how long it's going to take for someone to put together a music video using scenes from today's launch and "Take Off" Synch it up to where Gaddy Lee sings "Take Off" right along with the lift off. That would rock. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 10:42:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My truck stereo used to have the only volume control on the touch screen. It was a pain in the ass to raise or lower the volume while moving. I'd hate to have to actual manage anything important that way. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Happy to see my millennial generation accomplish at the fraction of cost and reusability of what the boomer generation could only do with bloated overspending at the taxpayers detriment, agency bureaucracy, and the inefficiency of the government sector. My truck stereo used to have the only volume control on the touch screen. It was a pain in the ass to raise or lower the volume while moving. I'd hate to have to actual manage anything important that way. My understanding is that - unless something really unexpected happens - the crew on a mission like this are essentially just fragile cargo. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 10:49:36 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/30/2020 10:52:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah I thought the same thing. I also think most this far along in their careers to build rockets are mostly gen x as well.Who just built upon the efforts of.......wait for it.......boomers. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 10:55:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Who just built upon the efforts of.......wait for it.......boomers. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Yeah I thought the same thing. I also think most this far along in their careers to build rockets are mostly gen x as well.Who just built upon the efforts of.......wait for it.......boomers. Who built upon the efforts of the greatest generation and the Nazis. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 11:00:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Who built upon the efforts of the greatest generation and the Nazis. Mostly the Nazis lol. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 11:02:48 PM EDT
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Wow. It really is a pretty small rocket. What a great show. I wish they hadn't "lost the feed" just before it landed.
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Posted: 5/30/2020 11:05:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wow. It really is a pretty small rocket. What a great show. I wish they hadn't "lost the feed" just before it landed. Seems to be the norm IMO. RIGHT AT THE PENULTIMATE MOMENT the damn thing cuts out. . |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 11:09:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Seems to be the norm IMO. RIGHT AT THE PENULTIMATE MOMENT the damn thing cuts out. . Someone posted video from a drone or helicopter. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 11:10:26 PM EDT
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Here is my view of the later landing of the first stage
Seems like the drone ship landings are often around 8:30 (min:sec). I will check a Cargo Dragon press kit. CRS-20 - 8:17. MECO: 2:18 CRS-18 - 8:23. MECO: 2:18 CRS-17 - 8:27. MECO: 2:17 Crew Demo-1 - 9:52 Interesting. MECO: 2:35 Here is my guess. The lighter Crew Dragon versus Cargo Dragon means that the Crew Dragon first stage ends up higher than during a Cargo Dragon flight. That translates into a longer fall and hence a later landing of the first stage. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 11:11:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryHey look, there's part of the first SLS actually in the VAB! 
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Posted: 5/30/2020 11:13:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Here is my view of the later landing of the first stage Seems like the drone ship landings are often around 8:30 (min:sec). I will check a Cargo Dragon press kit. CRS-20 - 8:17. MECO: 2:18 CRS-18 - 8:23. MECO: 2:18 CRS-17 - 8:27. MECO: 2:17 Crew Demo-1 - 9:52 Interesting. MECO: 2:35 Here is my guess. The lighter Crew Dragon versus Cargo Dragon means that the Crew Dragon first stage ends up higher than during a Cargo Dragon flight. That translates into a longer fall and hence a later landing of the first stage. Have they said how far downrange this first stage landed? And how far do the usually go when they land on the drone ship? |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 11:14:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Happy to see my millennial generation accomplish at the fraction of cost and reusability of what the boomer generation could only do with bloated overspending at the taxpayers detriment, agency bureaucracy, and the inefficiency of the government sector. Since the first boomer was born in 1946, Mercury, Gemini, and all the development work on Apollo were all done before the first boomer graduated college. They had nothing to do with the development of manned space. I don't know any engineers who developed the Ford Trimotor, but I am quite certain none of them put down the achievement of the Wright Brothers. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 11:44:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: During the cold war, the Soviets cheated with the French on judged events in the Olympics. You're probably too young to understand. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Because the Russians are so good at landing their boosters in a recoverable manner? Nick During the cold war, the Soviets cheated with the French on judged events in the Olympics. You're probably too young to understand. Nick |
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Posted: 5/31/2020 12:17:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: SpaceX seems to be doing a great job of keeping costs down. If Boeing was doing this they would probably have a barge the size of a Nimitz class carrier which would never leave port. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I want SpaceX to buy a bigger barge. Perhaps an automated factory ship of some sort that would begin prepping the section for another launch not long after it lands. EVERYTHING else will go up on a BFR. And the BFR boosters will return to dry land. SpaceX seems to be doing a great job of keeping costs down. If Boeing was doing this they would probably have a barge the size of a Nimitz class carrier which would never leave port. That's what happens when private enterprise is allowed to do what needs to be done.  Provided society holds together, I think we might be witnessing the beginnings of the true Space Age. |
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Posted: 5/31/2020 12:24:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Have they said how far downrange this first stage landed? And how far do the usually go when they land on the drone ship? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Here is my view of the later landing of the first stage Seems like the drone ship landings are often around 8:30 (min:sec). I will check a Cargo Dragon press kit. CRS-20 - 8:17. MECO: 2:18 CRS-18 - 8:23. MECO: 2:18 CRS-17 - 8:27. MECO: 2:17 Crew Demo-1 - 9:52 Interesting. MECO: 2:35 Here is my guess. The lighter Crew Dragon versus Cargo Dragon means that the Crew Dragon first stage ends up higher than during a Cargo Dragon flight. That translates into a longer fall and hence a later landing of the first stage. Have they said how far downrange this first stage landed? And how far do the usually go when they land on the drone ship? ~600 miles |
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Posted: 5/31/2020 12:37:46 AM EDT
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Drove over to see the launch. Also caught AirForce 1 leaving the scene from Coconuts at dinner.
Today was a good day. |
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Posted: 5/31/2020 12:51:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Seems to be the norm IMO. RIGHT AT THE PENULTIMATE MOMENT the damn thing cuts out. . Kinda hard to keep a satellite aimed when there's a FUCKING ROCKET engine blasting down upon it |
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Posted: 5/31/2020 12:56:31 AM EDT
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Can we see it go over at night?
Tracking app? |
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Posted: 5/31/2020 1:09:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The ergonomics of the Dragon capsule strike me as a bit awkward. Is it the camera angle(s)? Do they have any controls on the armrests? a HOTAS sort of thing? For as much as I use an iPhone and iPad I still find “mission critical” stuff better served by hard switches. I suspect it’s the same reason I prefer a manual over an automatic. If I have to I can MAKE it do what I want. But if software won’t cooperate incentivizing it with a hammer or crowbar still won’t help. == TOUR OF DRAGON CAPSULE “ENDEAVOR”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llbIzbOStt4The hard switches are under the flat screens. There’s a t-handle joystick between panels. The critical things necessary have real switches. It is beautifully simple, but 100% functional |
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Posted: 5/31/2020 1:46:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My understanding is that - unless something really unexpected happens - the crew on a mission like this are essentially just fragile cargo. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Happy to see my millennial generation accomplish at the fraction of cost and reusability of what the boomer generation could only do with bloated overspending at the taxpayers detriment, agency bureaucracy, and the inefficiency of the government sector. My truck stereo used to have the only volume control on the touch screen. It was a pain in the ass to raise or lower the volume while moving. I'd hate to have to actual manage anything important that way. My understanding is that - unless something really unexpected happens - the crew on a mission like this are essentially just fragile cargo. That's supposedly how the scientists and engineers viewed the Mercury astronauts. |
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Posted: 5/31/2020 3:04:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's supposedly how the scientists and engineers viewed the Mercury astronauts. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Happy to see my millennial generation accomplish at the fraction of cost and reusability of what the boomer generation could only do with bloated overspending at the taxpayers detriment, agency bureaucracy, and the inefficiency of the government sector. My truck stereo used to have the only volume control on the touch screen. It was a pain in the ass to raise or lower the volume while moving. I'd hate to have to actual manage anything important that way. My understanding is that - unless something really unexpected happens - the crew on a mission like this are essentially just fragile cargo. That's supposedly how the scientists and engineers viewed the Mercury astronauts. If "The Right Stuff" is any indicator, indeed. Pilots have a way of developing skepticism of what engineers tell them not to worry about, usually out of hard earned experience. |
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Posted: 5/31/2020 4:08:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do they have any controls on the armrests? a HOTAS sort of thing? i dont think it has a stick per se. they have basic attitude and translation controls for manual docking and what have you but i think they are touch screen. supposedly the spacex docking game on their website is somewhat representative of the interface though the physics in it are pretty shitty. Its not an airplane with a throttle and stick, they are mostly ballistic except when executing predetermined maneuvers. they kinda explained it in the tour of the spacecraft, most of the mechanical devices and switches are basically hard abort and contingency things. they're travelling 5 miles a second in a straight(ish) line there's not enough fuel on the spacecraft to do much else. |
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Posted: 5/31/2020 8:00:46 AM EDT
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wake-up call was Black Sabbath's "Planet Caravan"
 Planet Caravan - Black Sabbath |
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Posted: 5/31/2020 8:06:10 AM EDT
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Since these guys took off I drank a bunch of beer, made a turkey dinner, watched 2 movies, slept all night, and did some arfcomming with coffee.
I couldn't imagine being stuck in that damn capsule the whole time lol |
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Posted: 5/31/2020 8:06:27 AM EDT
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view of Dragon Endeavor from the ISS:
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Posted: 5/31/2020 8:22:43 AM EDT
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