Vice President tells NASA to get to the Moon in 5 years.

[RamjetFDO 10,655]

Okay. Springs worked.

[atomheartbevo 90,677]

What’s that shit with the robotic voice talking about all these worlds are ours except for Europe? Europe ahh?

[RamjetFDO 10,655]

So far, as expected, but these aren't the troublesome thruster clusters yet.

[RamjetFDO 10,655]

Thanks for the Flight Dynamics call-out, Rob!

[RamjetFDO 10,655]

Deorbit burn complete. Trajectory nominal.

Thrusters fired as planned, so that's good.

[RamjetFDO 10,655]

Good plasma trail views, including from ISS and the tracking WB-57 aircraft.

[RamjetFDO 10,655]

Tally-ho from the WSSH ground team.

[RamjetFDO 10,655]

Drogue chutes out.

[Victor Lazlo 1,814]

It’s cool watching this happen at night. And main chutes deploy beautifully 

[RamjetFDO 10,655]

Three main chutes deployed.

[RamjetFDO 10,655]

Touchdown.

[Brisketexan 107,028]

Touchdown.

I hope you post this 5-7 times tomorrow in the game thread.

[RamjetFDO 10,655]

[elfenix 34,780]

9 hours ago, RamjetFDO said:

Good plasma trail views, including from ISS and the tracking WB-57 aircraft.


 

these are such cool things with the turbofan intakes almost as large as the fuselage

[Hagbard Celine 11,293]

the active b-52 fleet was built in 61 and 62, but the canberras date to 59 and 60, so they are the currently oldest active usaf articles in use

that we know of

[Chad Fuck 18,166]

the active b-52 fleet was built in 61 and 62, but the canberras date to 59 and 60, so they are the currently oldest active usaf articles in use
that we know of

Wasn’t one of the SOP units out of Eglin using a Basler turbo, thus a DC-3?

[RamjetFDO 10,655]

https://futurism.com/boeing-execs-starliner-news-conference

Yeah.... Things are still a little chilly.

I feel bad for Joel, Steve, and John. They were all contemporaries of mine. We worked many Shuttle missions together in the MCC.

[RamjetFDO 10,655]

Also... Another failed thruster during post undocking ops and the guidance system went down (but came back up) during entry is not a good look for future planning.

That may have been why Boeing noped out of the press conference.

[Captainant 28,600]

1 hour ago, RamjetFDO said:

https://futurism.com/boeing-execs-starliner-news-conference

Yeah.... Things are still a little chilly.

I feel bad for Joel, Steve, and John. They were all contemporaries of mine. We worked many Shuttle missions together in the MCC.

"It's seemingly a last-minute change because there were five chairs set up at the news conference," Berger tweeted, "and they just removed two seats right now."

When he asked NASA about the reason for Boeing's absence, he said, the agency's response was "you'll have to ask them."

[atomheartbevo 90,677]

1 hour ago, RamjetFDO said:

Also... Another failed thruster during post undocking ops and the guidance system went down (but came back up) during entry is not a good look for future planning.

That may have been why Boeing noped out of the press conference.

Furk, just as we need a decent alternative to Musk and SpaceX.

Here's hoping Bezos pulls things off.

[Braff Zacklin 13,676]

2 hours ago, RamjetFDO said:

https://futurism.com/boeing-execs-starliner-news-conference

Yeah.... Things are still a little chilly.

I feel bad for Joel, Steve, and John. They were all contemporaries of mine. We worked many Shuttle missions together in the MCC.

Not to butter you up or make this awkward, but it truly is a blessing to have your perspective on these issues. The fact that you also generate some hilarious GIFs from time to time is icing on the cake.

[BamaATL 16,593]

1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

Furk, just as we need a decent alternative to Musk and SpaceX.

Here's hoping Bezos pulls things off.

The reality, this was the death knell of Boeing's aerospace division, and it sucks, because of the whole less competition part of the equation.  There are a few other startups out there, but they are so far behind Space X and Blue Origin, not to mention well underfunded, each of them aren't worth mentioning being in the race.  I haven't heard it really talked about, but I'd give it a coin flip as to whether or not Orion is cancelled by either candidate, which would in effect end Lockheed Martin's program as well.  

So basically, in terms of the near future, when it comes to space exploration, we will be limited to the whims of two of the richest pricks on earth, with apparently very few other options.  That's sort of like having to choose between ISIS and the Taliban.  

Edited September 10 by BamaATL

[Texas Jeff 1,999]

Next up ... Polaris Dawn and the first ever commercial spacewalk ... with luck they launch at 3:38 AM.

 

[atomheartbevo 90,677]

1 hour ago, BamaATL said:

So basically, in terms of the near future, when it comes to space exploration, we will be limited to the whims of two of the richest pricks on earth, with apparently very few other options.  That's sort of like having to choose between ISIS and the Taliban.  

Nah, Bezos is not an incel and is not posting on his own BBS at least a few times every hour for 18 or 19 hours out of every 24 hours.

His mid-life crisis is more of a mid-life party.

[BamaATL 16,593]

2 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Nah, Bezos is not an incel and is not posting on his own BBS at least a few times every hour for 18 or 19 hours out of every 24 hours.

His mid-life crisis is more of a mid-life party.

Don't kid yourself, Bezos is just as big a prick as Musk, if not more so, he's just smart enough not to buy his own social media company and broadcast it.  

[atomheartbevo 90,677]

1 hour ago, BamaATL said:

Don't kid yourself, Bezos is just as big a prick as Musk, if not more so, he's just smart enough not to buy his own social media company and broadcast it.  

He's also not smart enough to sell a $100,000 truck that looks like 10 year-old me in the 1980s designed it.

[High Plains Drifter 11,192]

17 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

He's also not smart enough to sell a $100,000 truck that looks like 10 year-old me in the 1980s designed it.

 

counterpoint: Amazon- the acme of enshittification. 

[Captain Ron 13,133]

On 9/9/2024 at 10:47 PM, Texas Jeff said:

Next up ... Polaris Dawn and the first ever commercial spacewalk ... with luck they launch at 3:38 AM.

 

So this hasn't gotten a lot of talk the last few days.

 

Yes they did launch. And the capsule is in space. and the spacewalk is scheduled for just over 9 hours from now.

 

 

[BamaATL 16,593]

I hope the suits perform well.  To my knowledge, these will be the first new suits in decades.  I can't even begin to imagine the difficulty in designing a space suit, because after all, it really isn't just a suit, it's a spacecraft in it's own right.  

This is another technical challenge for going to the moon and beyond that seemingly we are well behind with.  

[Captainant 28,600]

1 minute ago, BamaATL said:

I hope the suits perform well.  To my knowledge, these will be the first new suits in decades.  I can't even begin to imagine the difficulty in designing a space suit, because after all, it really isn't just a suit, it's a spacecraft in it's own right.  

This is another technical challenge for going to the moon and beyond that seemingly we are well behind with.  

That plus the first full depressurization and repressurization of a manned Crew Dragon in orbit. Lotta firsts are gonna happen overnight. It's a fuckin shame it's elmos company doing it

[BamaATL 16,593]

3 minutes ago, Captainant said:

That plus the first full depressurization and repressurization of a manned Crew Dragon in orbit. Lotta firsts are gonna happen overnight. It's a fuckin shame it's elmos company doing it

At this point I'm just going only acknowledge that its a bunch of talented people at Space X doing great things, that happened to work for an asshole.  (Ironically, sound like most companies).  

[BamaATL 16,593]

11 minutes ago, Captainant said:

That plus the first full depressurization and repressurization of a manned Crew Dragon in orbit. Lotta firsts are gonna happen overnight. It's a fuckin shame it's elmos company doing it

They did achieve the highest orbit at 870 miles, about 17 more than Gemini 11.  (the lunar trips apparently don't count as the weren't true orbits but rather lunar transjection burn starts.  So that have that record.  

[RPM 26,679]

Egress

[MonkeyDoughnut 10,811]

Incredible stuff going on. The fact it's a private company just makes it more incredible.

[MonkeyDoughnut 10,811]

Days like today I'm glad for Internet coverage to be able to watch such events. Amazing what they are actually doing and how little most of the worlds population cares about it.

[RPM 26,679]

Cool the suits worked (as far as we know for now) but that wasn't much of a spacewalk. More like a space stickyourheadoutofthecarwindow.

[BamaATL 16,593]

7 minutes ago, RPM said:

Cool the suits worked (as far as we know for now) but that wasn't much of a spacewalk. More like a space stickyourheadoutofthecarwindow.

I'll take proof of concept, it's a pretty major accomplishment, not to mention extremely dangerous.  

[Captain Ron 13,133]

I queued up the video for the interesting part the "spacewalk". They "lose" the live video as the hatch opens likely in case there was a problem.

 

You do get the whole "how many SpaceX engineers does it take to open a door?" moment. Bummer we don't get to see the hatch open - just from closed, cut away, then open.

 

Still, this is impressive. Hope the suits took care of what they needed to take care of beyond providing atmosphere to the astronauts. The engineering teams should be proud.

 

 

 

 

[Captainant 28,600]

32 minutes ago, RPM said:

Cool the suits worked (as far as we know for now) but that wasn't much of a spacewalk. More like a space stickyourheadoutofthecarwindow.

TBH this mission was moreso about de/re pressurizing the capsule than it was doing sick flips on an EVA. Since the dragon is a single chamber, it meant EVERYONE was in their vac suit with zero margin for error or airlock to take shelter in if they couldn't reseal the capsule in orbit

[Fudge Nuggets 19,476]

It really is true that younger generations can't believe some really cool shit happened before they were born.

[RPM 26,679]

I understand all this guys. I've been a spacenut from the Gemini and Apollo days. I was expecting this:

 

Maybe they have another spacewalk planned after looking at data.

[Captainant 28,600]

4 minutes ago, RPM said:

I understand all this guys. I've been a spacenut from the Gemini and Apollo days. I was expecting this:

Maybe they have another spacewalk planned after looking at data.

IMO the mission planning for a seasoned USAF test pilot and NASA astronaut is probably a bit less complicated than for a bunch of commercial crew. I'm looking forward to seeing more actual EVA and not just "open the nose and poke my head out", but this is an important proof of concept and flight/vac validation for the suits

[atomheartbevo 90,677]

1 hour ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

It really is true that younger generations can't believe some really cool shit happened before they were born.

Yeah, those of us who grew up the 70s and 80s were closer to World War II than kids these days are to the Apollo landings.

[InkaUtexas 26,963]

9 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Yeah, those of us who grew up the 70s and 80s were closer to World War II than kids these days are to the Apollo landings.

So that is why they keep remaking movies.

This is badass. Good job the to team.

[partytimesausage 27]

I wish elon wasnt such douche.  His companies are fucking amazing.  Wish he would step down and leave the companies so he can be a full time twitter warrior. 

Large percentage of people are blinded with the elon hate and refuse/cant acknowledge how amazing this is and its only 1 of 6 or so incredible companies.  but i get it. 

[Brisketexan 107,028]

21 minutes ago, partytimesausage said:

I wish elon wasnt such douche.  His companies are fucking amazing.  Wish he would step down and leave the companies so he can be a full time twitter warrior. 

Large percentage of people are blinded with the elon hate and refuse/cant acknowledge how amazing this is and its only 1 of 6 or so incredible companies.  but i get it. 

SpaceX is cool (not that it doesn't have major issues, like "fuck your laws, we don't need to follow any of those").  It also happens to be the company that seems to have kept the largest buffer between him and the actual operational shit (not a coincidence, not even a little bit).

Tesla?  Way overvalued, getting lapped by the competition because it can't decide what it wants to be, and he meddles in everything.

The Boring Company?  Bitch please.

Twitter?  Bitch please, pussy in bio.

[partytimesausage 27]

1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

SpaceX is cool (not that it doesn't have major issues, like "fuck your laws, we don't need to follow any of those").  It also happens to be the company that seems to have kept the largest buffer between him and the actual operational shit (not a coincidence, not even a little bit).

Tesla?  Way overvalued, getting lapped by the competition because it can't decide what it wants to be, and he meddles in everything.

The Boring Company?  Bitch please.

Twitter?  Bitch please, pussy in bio.

i like the energy.

[atomheartbevo 90,677]

26 minutes ago, partytimesausage said:

I wish elon wasnt such douche.  His companies are fucking amazing.  Wish he would step down and leave the companies so he can be a full time twitter warrior. 

Large percentage of people are blinded with the elon hate and refuse/cant acknowledge how amazing this is and its only 1 of 6 or so incredible companies.  but i get it. 

3 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

SpaceX is cool (not that it doesn't have major issues, like "fuck your laws, we don't need to follow any of those").  It also happens to be the company that seems to have kept the largest buffer between him and the actual operational shit (not a coincidence, not even a little bit).

SpaceX needs to toe the line a lot more than they are doing, because they are pissing off a shitload of people (not just the locals). And if they keep it up and there is action taken against SpaceX, Elmo will take his ball and move to Mexico.

You have to be nice to your neighbors, especially when the taxpayers are helping subsidize your operation.

[flatdawgs 1,349]

2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Yeah, those of us who grew up the 70s and 80s were closer to World War II than kids these days are to the Apollo landings.

In two years, the last Apollo mission will be closer to WWI than to the present. 

Furk.

[atomheartbevo 90,677]

2 hours ago, flatdawgs said:

In two years, the last Apollo mission will be closer to WWI than to the present. 

Furk.