DDE Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 10 minutes ago, sh1pman said: Alien too dark? Ok, how about Solo? Flying to space in his Falcon. No, that’s even worse. Remember what’s actually flying the Falcon now? I’ll take the xenomorph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Someone should stick Elon's face on the manniquin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Xd the great said: Wait... they can actually place their legs high? And sit more comfortably than me on my sofa? Standard during launches to keep blood to flow down in the legs. Assume they are down simply to make it easier to enter and also to give more room in orbit. Will they bring supplies to the space station? Yes know its an demo flight but bringing some comfort items would be nice. or simply consumables so later supply mission can bring other stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Just now, magnemoe said: Will they bring supplies to the space station? Yes know its an demo flight but bringing some comfort items would be nice. or simply consumables so later supply mission can bring other stuff. Not another block of cheese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 11 minutes ago, magnemoe said: Will they bring supplies to the space station? Yes know its an demo flight but bringing some comfort items would be nice. or simply consumables so later supply mission can bring other stuff. It was mentioned in the conference the other day that they will bring some stuff, probably non-critical things, but no sense wasting up-mass and better stuff than ballast. Hopefully something nice and silly, too, like the original Dragon. Better still if they don't tell the ISS crew about it. Given the mannequin, I'm betting a spring-loaded facehugger in the SNACKS bin. since no one could hear them anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 6 hours ago, sh1pman said: OMG it's actually really big inside. I mean, I knew, but...damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 1 minute ago, sevenperforce said: OMG it's actually really big inside. I mean, I knew, but...damn. Just wait till it's packed with stuff on a real mission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 34 minutes ago, sh1pman said: Just wait till it's packed with stuff on a real mission. How did they fit inside? Which had more habitable volume, the space shuttle or Dragon2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 18 minutes ago, Xd the great said: How did they fit inside? Which had more habitable volume, the space shuttle or Dragon2? Shuttle by far. The above image is Soyuz. That's no space at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 38 minutes ago, Xd the great said: Which had more habitable volume, the space shuttle or Dragon2? Orbiter cabin was ~74.3 m3, Crew Dragon has a pressurized volume of 10 m3, though not all that is usable (half?). Soyuz is 4 m3, of which ~2.5 m3 is available to the crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 1 minute ago, tater said: Orbiter cabin was ~74.3 m3, Crew Dragon has a pressurized volume of 10 m3, though not all that is usable (half?). Soyuz is 4 m3, of which ~2.5 m3 is available to the crew. Soyuz also have the orbital module who bring it up past 8 m^3. But yes its very cramped during return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Just now, magnemoe said: Soyuz also have the orbital module who bring it up past 8 m^3. But yes its very cramped during return. I assume most of that volume is accessible, or is it nominally also packed with stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, sevenperforce said: OMG it's actually really big inside. And that's strange. Is it really 3.6 m? 1 hour ago, sevenperforce said: The above image is Soyuz. That's no space at all. They have a lot of space outside. Why need it inside? Edited March 1, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 1 minute ago, kerbiloid said: And that's strange. Is it really 3.6 m? It's a wide angle lens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 https://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/crew_demo-1_press_kit.pdf (timeline of events) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 9 hours ago, Xd the great said: Someone should stick Elon's face on the manniquin. Well, the later Ivan Ivanovich dummies reportedly all used a face cast of Gagarin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 2 hours ago, tater said: It's a wide angle lens. They all use wide-angle lenses in this business. How else do they fake the curvature of the Earth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 1 minute ago, sevenperforce said: They all use wide-angle lenses in this business. How else do they fake the curvature of the Earth? LOL. Objects in the mirror are larger than they appear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 From the press kit: Quote On this first test flight, Crew Dragon will transport roughly 400 pounds of crew supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. In addition, the spacecraft will be carrying mass simulators and an anthropomorphic test device (ATD) that is fitted with sensors around the head, neck, and spine to gather data ahead of SpaceX’s second demonstration mission with NASA astronauts on board the spacecraft. "Anthropomorphic test device" THERE'S A STAAAAAAAARMAN WAITING IN THE SKYYYYYYYYYYYY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinimumSky5 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Please tell me that that song will play out when Dragon 2's hatches are opened! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CatastrophicFailure Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 1 hour ago, MinimumSky5 said: Please tell me that that song will play out when Dragon 2's hatches are opened! Well, if they opened both hatches, you wouldn’t be able to hear anything over the sudden rushing of air as the station rapidly decompresses... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cubinator Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Well, if they opened both hatches, you wouldn’t be able to hear anything over the sudden rushing of air as the station rapidly decompresses... I believe the inner hatch in that case is equipped to rapidly close automatically, likely sparing anyone station-side of it from certain death. ======================= Seems the webcast is going to be much longer than usual - starting around T-50 minutes. Also, I really like that mission patch. Edited March 1, 2019 by cubinator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheif Operations Director Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 4 hours ago, sevenperforce said: They all use wide-angle lenses in this business. How else do they fake the curvature of the Earth? Ha! I'm excited but I do not want to wait until 2 AM, good grief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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