cratercracker Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 @IonStorm -------------------------------------------------------- "This was solid now" -------------------------------- 100-150-200 -------------------- Hi! Here is my little thing i did using MSpaint, my shaking hand, fear, regret and discouragement. But i managed to make it anyway, and it turned out not as badly ass i though it will be. This is an alternative patch for this challenge. Your welcome! (more like sorry, actually, i hope it won't be very disgusting) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 9 hours ago, cratercracker said: @IonStorm -------------------------------------------------------- "This was solid now" -------------------------------- 100-150-200 -------------------- Hi! Here is my little thing i did using MSpaint, my shaking hand, fear, regret and discouragement. But i managed to make it anyway, and it turned out not as badly ass i though it will be. This is an alternative patch for this challenge. Your welcome! (more like sorry, actually, i hope it won't be very disgusting) Nicely done. The colors remind me of Earth. I hope the real asteroid is darker and rounder (and larger with respect to the spacecraft), but very pretty. You are also welcome to tweet, instagram, etc. it to @OSIRISREx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mukita12 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 On 6/18/2016 at 7:27 AM, IonStorm said: These are good questions and I don't have immediate answers of what is fun, challenging, and reasonable, as my personal experience is messing around in stock KSP and watching Scott Manley and Bob Fitch videos. Categories: Most accurate spacecraft reproduction in stock KSP with no mods Most accurate spacecraft reproduction with unlimited use of mods Most accurate reproduction of OSIRIS-REx mission design in the KSP universe (unlimited mods) Most accurate reproduction of OSIRIS-REx mission design in RSS/RO (unlimited mods) Lowest ∆V OSIRIS-REx mission design in the KSP universe to (unlimited mods) Lowest ∆V OSIRIS-REx mission design in RSS/RO (unlimited mods) Consolation prize for funniest and most epic fail Proof: For 1 and 2 the .craft file (and list of mods for 2) and images are sufficient, but additional explanatory video appreciated. For 3-6 images or a single explanatory video of launch, maneuvers, and each mission phase. Please read the posts in the thread, http://www.asteroidmission.org, https://dslauretta.com, http://gsfcir.gsfc.nasa.gov/colloquia/4942/touchstone-the-osiris-rex-design-reference-mission, https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/osiris-rex/index.html, https://www.facebook.com/OSIRISREx/, https://www.youtube.com/osirisrex, https://www.instagram.com/osiris_rex/, https://plus.google.com/+OSIRISRExMission/posts, https://twitter.com/OSIRISREx, etc. for the details on these phases, the spacecraft, the payload, and the sampling system. Limits: KSP version 1.0 or newer is permitted, the most recent version is preferred. Propulsion systems for 1-4 are chemical and the spacecraft is monoprop. For 5-6 propulsion systems are limited to those plausibly available (e.g. chemical, ion, nuclear, aerospike, etc.) but not future technologies with no real-world prototype (e.g. no fusion, fission, warp, etc.). For 5 and 6, mission duration cannot be longer than 15 years. Low ∆V missions which to not adequately survey Bennu will not be considered. In categories 2-7 all mods/plugins must be listed. Any custom-made mods/plugins and .craft files must be supplied. All missions (categories 3-7) must have a launch wet mass of 2110 kg and encounter an object of Bennu's mass and size, such as the one generously created by @KillAshley's Kopernicus. Judging: I will judge the fidelity of the submission to the mission and reserve the right to solicit the input of members of the OSIRIS-REx team. Are these rules fun and fair? If so, I'll add them to the front post or accept suggestions to modify them to maximize your entertainment and education. So i can use my trusty 1.3 right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[insert_name_here] Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 (edited) I just noticed this thread and this OSIRIS-REx thing sounds very nice! It's also awesome to hear from an actual NASA scientist working on the project. Just out of pure curiosity @IonStorm what do you do in between the important parts of the mission? Edited October 25, 2017 by [insert_name_here] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 19 hours ago, Mukita12 said: So i can use my trusty 1.3 right? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 17 hours ago, [insert_name_here] said: I just noticed this thread and this OSIRIS-REx thing sounds very nice! It's also awesome to hear from an actual NASA scientist working on the project. Just out of pure curiosity @IonStorm what do you do in between the important parts of the mission? I have many jobs. Within OSIRIS-REx there is a constant low level of activity with several different weekly status meetings, planning for future major events (“Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable,” Eisenhower), etc. This can also involve travel, not as extensive as during the busy times, but enough. I had a very long interview last month which resulted in only a few comments about travel and lunch here, https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/09/osiris-rex-flyby/541434/, silly but true. I am also Chief (aka department chair) of Astrochemistry, plus I have a research lab to run, papers to write, peer reviewing the work of others, giving presentations to scientists and the public, writing proposals, and a few minor roles on other missions. It is all about maximizing the taxpayer's investments--something we take very seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Approach phase has begun, currently Benny is only visible as a point of light http://nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasas-osiris-rex-begins-asteroid-operations-campaign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Another picture of Bennu, this time to confirm the absence of moons and dust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 1st braking manuver successful https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1770084199771062&id=160193164093515 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted October 2, 2018 Author Share Posted October 2, 2018 6 hours ago, insert_name said: 1st braking manuver successful https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1770084199771062&id=160193164093515 A main engine (monoprop) burn of 351 m/s which took 11 min 15 s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Second braking manuver successful https://www.asteroidmission.org/?latest-news=nasas-osiris-rex-executes-second-asteroid-approach-maneuver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 (edited) The TAGSAM cover was deployed and verified by measuring the change in mass of the spacecraft by moment of inertia differences. Also, Bennu is now visualized at >1 pixel for the first time. The images represent Bennu at 1.09 pixels, 1.71 pixels and 3.75 pixels, and were obtained on Oct. 13, 14 and 15, respectively. From the first to the last image, OSIRIS-REx’s range to Bennu decreased from around 33,350 km to around 9,750 km. Edited October 18, 2018 by IonStorm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 I still remember when OSIRIS-REx launched and think about the 'long' time it will take for it to reach Bennu, and now its nearly there. Amazing, im really excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 Bennu starts to come into focus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 I love watching blurry pixelated dots turn into new, wonderful worlds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 A busy week for OSIRIS-REx. The TAG arm has been unstowed and wrist articulated (see position in the image), another successful breaking maneuver (two 2.6 m/sec burns), new images of Bennu are scheduled to be released this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Nice! Do you get to be in the room when the images come in, @IonStorm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted October 30, 2018 Author Share Posted October 30, 2018 59 minutes ago, cubinator said: Nice! Do you get to be in the room when the images come in, @IonStorm? The science downlink comes to the Science Processing and Operations Center (SPOC) in Tucson, AZ, USA via the Deep Space Network (DSN). I can VPN into the SPOC from anywhere. I have sat in a SPOC operations room and watched telemetry before (for example when the REXIS cover opened, below image [ITAR/IP redacted] (the red alarms were expected, so don't worry about them)) but not usually. Spacecraft operations, like burns, are conducted at the Mission Operations Center (MOC) at Lockheed Martin, Denver, CO. Today I watched a live stream of the telemetry downlink during the burn today while I did other work. It is cool, but I don't add value to the mission by watching. Since my expertise is in sample analysis, not imaging, spectra, navigation, etc., I gladly let the experts analyse the data and I enjoy their reports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dman979 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 25 minutes ago, IonStorm said: There is less space paraphernalia than I expected to see at a NASA office, but there are more people sleeping with dragon facemasks than I expected to see. All in all, it looks like a normal office in the government. 4/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted October 30, 2018 Author Share Posted October 30, 2018 3 minutes ago, Dman979 said: There is less space paraphernalia than I expected to see at a NASA office, but there are more people sleeping with dragon facemasks than I expected to see. All in all, it looks like a normal office in the government. 4/10 It's at the University of Arizona, so a state not federal government office. The room we're in is all work and no play. Not so through the window where you see Pen Rex, the unofficial mascot, guarding donuts as I recall. https://twitter.com/rex_pen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted October 30, 2018 Author Share Posted October 30, 2018 21 hours ago, IonStorm said: ... new images of Bennu are scheduled to be released this week. Here it is, in glorious ~5m/pixel resolution https://www.asteroidmission.org/20181029t1019ut_bennu/ More to come... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinimumSky5 Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 (edited) @IonStormGiven that Ryugu and Bennu seem very similar in overall shape, do you think that this is going to be the most common shape for rubble pile asteroid to relax into, if they have a moderate rotation rate? Edited October 31, 2018 by MinimumSky5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 2 hours ago, MinimumSky5 said: @IonStormGiven that Ryugu and Bennu seem very similar in overall shape, do you think that this is going to be the most common shape for rubble pile asteroid to relax into, if they have a moderate rotation rate? I have no doubt that there will be a manuscript written about this. The similarities are striking. We'll find out next week or so if Bennu's boulder density is as high as Ryugu. Another point is that this is the first time that the radar model of an asteroid has been confirmed optically, and it was remarkably accurate. We'll be generating a high resolution shape model in the coming year. Naturally, this will be available (as is Ryugu's) for adding to KSP RSS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 Bennu continues to grow https://www.asteroidmission.org/bennu-at-160-and-200-px/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 If you folks are getting tired of the updates, I can stop. If I don't hear complaints, then I'll keep posting. https://www.asteroidmission.org/bennu-rotation_20181102/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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