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NASA has reportedly updated its launch dates for Commercial Crew
missions. The Starliner unmanned orbital test is now manifested for September (the original holdup was apparently largely due to launch vehicle availability). Both Starliner and Crew Dragon are currently manifested for manned flights in November (Crew Dragon first), which would seem to imply that the Crew Dragon Max Q Abort Test would happen sometime before that, although we still have no date for that and no new information on what caused the test pad anomaly. -- "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." --George Bernard Shaw |
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On Jun/24/2019 at 03:46, Fred J. McCall wrote :
NASA has reportedly updated its launch dates for Commercial Crew missions. The Starliner unmanned orbital test is now manifested for September (the original holdup was apparently largely due to launch vehicle availability). Both Starliner and Crew Dragon are currently manifested for manned flights in November (Crew Dragon first), which would seem to imply that the Crew Dragon Max Q Abort Test would happen sometime before that, although we still have no date for that and no new information on what caused the test pad anomaly. Thanks for the info. Do you have a cite for where you got that? Alain Fournier |
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Alain Fournier wrote on Mon, 24 Jun 2019
11:51:05 -0400: On Jun/24/2019 at 03:46, Fred J. McCall wrote : NASA has reportedly updated its launch dates for Commercial Crew missions. The Starliner unmanned orbital test is now manifested for September (the original holdup was apparently largely due to launch vehicle availability). Both Starliner and Crew Dragon are currently manifested for manned flights in November (Crew Dragon first), which would seem to imply that the Crew Dragon Max Q Abort Test would happen sometime before that, although we still have no date for that and no new information on what caused the test pad anomaly. Thanks for the info. Do you have a cite for where you got that? The latest Ars Technica Rocket Report, which gave NASASpaceFlight.com as their source. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019...-launch-dates/ -- "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." --George Bernard Shaw |
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On 6/24/2019 3:46 AM, Fred J. McCall wrote:
NASA has reportedly updated its launch dates for Commercial Crew missions. The Starliner unmanned orbital test is now manifested for September (the original holdup was apparently largely due to launch vehicle availability). Both Starliner and Crew Dragon are currently manifested for manned flights in November (Crew Dragon first), which would seem to imply that the Crew Dragon Max Q Abort Test would happen sometime before that, although we still have no date for that and no new information on what caused the test pad anomaly. I am skeptical of the Crew Dragon dates until I hear more about results of the accident investigation, remediation steps, NASA buy-in and sign-off etc. Seems to me SpaceX has an uphill climb. It wouldn't surprise me if Starliner goes first in both at this point. Dave |
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David Spain wrote on Tue, 25 Jun 2019 08:45:30
-0400: On 6/24/2019 3:46 AM, Fred J. McCall wrote: NASA has reportedly updated its launch dates for Commercial Crew missions. The Starliner unmanned orbital test is now manifested for September (the original holdup was apparently largely due to launch vehicle availability). Both Starliner and Crew Dragon are currently manifested for manned flights in November (Crew Dragon first), which would seem to imply that the Crew Dragon Max Q Abort Test would happen sometime before that, although we still have no date for that and no new information on what caused the test pad anomaly. I am skeptical of the Crew Dragon dates until I hear more about results of the accident investigation, remediation steps, NASA buy-in and sign-off etc. Seems to me SpaceX has an uphill climb. It wouldn't surprise me if Starliner goes first in both at this point. Gonna take some time travel for Starliner to go first on the unmanned orbital test, since Crew Dragon did that months ago. -- "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." --George Bernard Shaw |
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On 6/25/2019 9:42 AM, Fred J. McCall wrote:
Gonna take some time travel for Starliner to go first on the unmanned orbital test, since Crew Dragon did that months ago. Sorry should have read that more closely. Yes that's right. Dave |
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"David Spain" wrote in message ...
On 6/24/2019 3:46 AM, Fred J. McCall wrote: NASA has reportedly updated its launch dates for Commercial Crew missions. The Starliner unmanned orbital test is now manifested for September (the original holdup was apparently largely due to launch vehicle availability). Both Starliner and Crew Dragon are currently manifested for manned flights in November (Crew Dragon first), which would seem to imply that the Crew Dragon Max Q Abort Test would happen sometime before that, although we still have no date for that and no new information on what caused the test pad anomaly. I am skeptical of the Crew Dragon dates until I hear more about results of the accident investigation, remediation steps, NASA buy-in and sign-off etc. Seems to me SpaceX has an uphill climb. It wouldn't surprise me if Starliner goes first in both at this point. I think a LOT depends on what the result of the Crew Dragon failure analysis comes down to. And in their defense, they've at least flown actual hardware. Starliner still hasn't. And given the costs and launch vehicle availability, SpaceX can afford to do more testing, sooner if they have to. s Dave -- Greg D. Moore http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/ CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses. http://www.quicr.net IT Disaster Response - https://www.amazon.com/Disaster-Resp...dp/1484221834/ |
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