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Congrats to SpaceX for the completion of another successful mission of
Dragon to the ISS. The mission wasn't completely glitch free, but the issues were resolved and the mission was completed. Jeff -- "the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer |
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On Mar 26, 1:33*pm, Jeff Findley wrote:
Congrats to SpaceX for the completion of another successful mission of Dragon to the ISS. *The mission wasn't completely glitch free, but the issues were resolved and the mission was completed. Jeff -- "the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer the design appears resilent, problems come up and thje mission is still completed. the unmanned delivery is really excellent to get the bugs out before flying people |
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Jeff Findley formulated the question :
Congrats to SpaceX for the completion of another successful mission of Dragon to the ISS. The mission wasn't completely glitch free, but the issues were resolved and the mission was completed. http://SpaceXLaunch.zenfolio.com/p190296859/e5973dd98 /dps -- Killing a mouse was hardly a Nobel Prize-worthy exercise, and Lawrence went apopleptic when he learned a lousy rodent had peed away all his precious heavy water. _The Disappearing Spoon_, Sam Kean |
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Jeff Findley wrote:
Congrats to SpaceX for the completion of another successful mission of Dragon to the ISS. The mission wasn't completely glitch free, but the issues were resolved and the mission was completed. Indeed. Did the capsule go para-surfing this time? If I recall correctly, the last mission (?), SpaceX released a photo showing the capsule being dragged through the ocean by two of its chutes. It even left something of a non-trivial wake behind it rick jones -- a wide gulf separates "what if" from "if only" these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |
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Rick Jones wrote:
Did the capsule go para-surfing this time? If I recall correctly, the last mission (?), SpaceX released a photo showing the capsule being dragged through the ocean by two of its chutes. It even left something of a non-trivial wake behind it Here is the image I was thinking of: http://cdn.zenfolio.net/zf/img/null.gif rick jones -- denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, rebirth... where do you want to be today? these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |
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Rick Jones wrote:
Here is the image I was thinking of: http://cdn.zenfolio.net/zf/img/null.gif This may work better: http://spacexlaunch.zenfolio.com/p20...01f1#h37af01f1 -- The glass is neither half-empty nor half-full. The glass has a leak. The real question is "Can it be patched?" these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |
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Rick Jones writes:
Jeff Findley wrote: Congrats to SpaceX for the completion of another successful mission of Dragon to the ISS. The mission wasn't completely glitch free, but the issues were resolved and the mission was completed. Indeed. Did the capsule go para-surfing this time? If I recall correctly, the last mission (?), SpaceX released a photo showing the capsule being dragged through the ocean by two of its chutes. It even left something of a non-trivial wake behind it In last mission's landing they even got seawater into the capsule which ruined a returned NASA experiment (frozen samples) due to a loss of power: http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/...le-challenges/ As always you hear basically nothing about any problems or technical details from SpaceX as long as it isn't directly connected to something NASA is involved with (and then you hear about it from NASA). This is one serious disadvantage of private spaceflight: Other than NASA they're in no way willing (or obligated) to publish anything but press releases. For anyone seriously interested in spaceflight this means there's only very little interesting stuff available. Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery |
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