DDE Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 3 hours ago, sh1pman said: He wants to drown Energomash in engine orders. Energomash + Voronezh has always been a monopolist in the kerolox department. What's new? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 4 hours ago, DDE said: Energomash + Voronezh has always been a monopolist in the kerolox department. What's new? For some reason I thought that RD-107 and 108 were made in Samara. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) Rogozin tells that the maiden crewed flight of PTKNP will happen in 2025. This will be the second (instance? specimen? copy?) of the ship. In 2023 they will launch the first ship, uncrewed, on Angara-A5P. Later this copy (why "copy"? it's the original!) will fly again on the super-heavy super-rocket. It is named "Орёл" / "Eagle". And according to the spoken, this is the name of this particular PTKNP copy, not a name of PTKNP in whole. It is a simplified test version of the ship. The second copy will be a full-featured ship will fly first time in 2024 uncrewed, then in 2025 crewed. Its lifespan is 10 flights. In 2026 and 2027 it will be lifted by Angara rockets. In 2028 the flight tests will get over, and it will be used with the future superr-heavy rocket. He didn't reveal the name of the second ship copy, and will say it later. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/675755 P.S. The second copy name... Bet on Goto Predestinatsiya. Edited September 9, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ultimate Steve Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Technically we haven't had a Soyuz 1 launch vehicle. We've had Soyuz and Soyuz 2, but not Soyuz 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 They should ensure that it was not an AI space mutiny, and the Fedor wasn't trying to hijack the ship instead of docking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DDE Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Roscosmos has dropped a sizeable RFP for a variety of engine development research. http://rostender.info/region/moskva-gorod/26092152-tender-prikladnye-innovacionnye-issledovaniya-tehnologij-sozdaniya-raketnyh-dvigatelej-dvigatelnyh-i-energeticheskih-ustanovok-izdelij-perspektivnoj The media focused on the rotary plasma thruster for a nuclear-powered tug, but there's a lot more in those 84 pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sh1pman Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 1 hour ago, tater said: Wow, they’re still using the archaic Soyuz-FG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 1 hour ago, sh1pman said: Wow, they’re still using the archaic Soyuz-FG. I'm pretty sure this is the last one but I'm not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Ultimate Steve said: I'm pretty sure this is the last one but I'm not sure. The newest one is Soyuz-2.1a. Edited September 16, 2019 by sh1pman 2.1b is for unmanned launches only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 (edited) The last of already made, probably. Edited September 16, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 The Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Science starts recruiting volunteers for the zero-g imitation experiment in immersion bathtubs. The recruits should be 24..40 terrestrial years old, up to 180 cm high, up to 80 kg thin. They will get money. The experiment will last for 3 weeks and includes a 5-day immersion zero-g floating. The longest such experiment lasted for 56 days and caused no health problems. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/676664 P.S. (Epstein drive? Antigrav seats?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 After the return, the Fedor rejected attempts to switch it on, again. On Sep 7, the Fedor posted in its tweeter that the flight program is successfully completed. the descent vehicle has landed and is taken on guard. Later it posted some blah-blah stuff. Currently the specialists are investigating the Fedor. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/676759 *** It appears that since ~2007 Soyuz cosmonauts have no weapon onboard. After TP-82 had been excluded in 2000s due to untold problems with ammo, PMs haven't been returned back. (Probably that's why the Fedor didn't pose with akimbo pistols. Though, it could take akimbo drills. Drills do present.) Now Roscosmos investigates the question if cosmonauts still need weapon, and if it should be onboard in case of landing in wilderness. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.interfax.ru%2Frussia%2F676771&sandbox=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 15 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: Now Roscosmos investigates the question if cosmonauts still need weapon, and if it should be onboard in case of landing in wilderness. Unfortunately, there's one artificial person who already describes it as a "useful thing". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, DDE said: Unfortunately, there's one artificial person who already describes it as a "useful thing". So, that's AI is trying to take weapon onboard next time. P.S. Why should bears need Fedor? Edited September 17, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearsNSuch Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Why should bears need Fedor? Edited September 17, 2019 by GearsNSuch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 7 hours ago, GearsNSuch said: *snip* Alright, why are likes disabled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 47 minutes ago, DDE said: Alright, why are likes disabled? Fedor. No, seriously, mods say they’re broken. Just what Fedor would want them to say... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Dmitry Rogozin, nearly word for word: Quote Yes, we know what happened and caused a hole in Soyuz Ms-09. No, we're not going to tell you. https://tass.ru/kosmos/6898961 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 1 hour ago, DDE said: Yes, we know what happened and caused a hole in Soyuz Ms-09. No, we're not going to tell you. The people responsible for the hole were given to FEDOR as test subjects for dual-wield gunfighting subroutine training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 The Fedor must study surgery, too. See Prometheus for details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 3 hours ago, kerbiloid said: The Fedor must study surgery, too. See Prometheus for details. Do you want Aliens vs Terminators? Because that is literally how you get Aliens vs Terminators. actually, that does sound kinda cool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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