mikegarrison Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 58 minutes ago, GuessingEveryDay said: I dunno, it seems similar to what amputee-sprinters use for track-and-field. The dampening comes from how thick the material is, which helps with stability. Sprinters don't want damping. They want as much energy returned as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 1 hour ago, mikegarrison said: Sprinters don't want damping. They want as much energy returned as possible. Yeah. Unsure if the materials people can customize the damping. If that's not a thing, then the idea is DOA. If it can be done, then it might have some promise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FleshJeb Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 13 minutes ago, tater said: Yeah. Unsure if the materials people can customize the damping. If that's not a thing, then the idea is DOA. If it can be done, then it might have some promise. I didn't read the news item, but I'm assuming they're intended to be at least partially sacrificial and rapidly replaceable. In which case we have our old friend, Elastic Failure. Band name, calling dibs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 4 hours ago, SunlitZelkova said: It will be amazing when Starship and SLS are side by side. Two crew launch vehicles actually intended to fly missions (as opposed to one of two Shuttles being for emergencies only) being side by side is pretty cool, even if the current Orion on the pad isn’t even crew capable IIRC. This might be the first instance in history of this happening, because I think the early dual Soyuz missions were rolled out one at a time. I believe that has already happened with Gemini and the Atlas Agena carrying the docking target actually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 24 minutes ago, Beccab said: I believe that has already happened with Gemini and the Atlas Agena carrying the docking target actually Atlas Agena didn't have a capsule on it. Similarly, Saturn Ib and Saturn V (Skylab): Also Shuttle: And in the above image, both vehicles are full flight articles. Artemis I could not actually carry crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Construction of the third tower segment for the Cape launchpad proceeds well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Beccab Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/momentus-signs-launch-services-agreements-110300862.html Momentus has signed to fly on SpaceX's Transporter 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 missions - their "Vigoride" space tug will replace the role of the Spaceflight Inc "Sherpa", which SpaceX stopped collaborating with about a month ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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StrandedonEarth Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 I wonder if the crew was allowed to “sign the soot” this time… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 1 hour ago, StrandedonEarth said: I wonder if the crew was allowed to “sign the soot” this time… I think that's been the norm since they flew reused boosters, so I assume so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 8 hours. That's like exactly when my alarm goes off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Stream scheduled to start....... no stream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 (edited) Crew has reached the pad They're inside the dragon now, hatch being closed Edited April 8, 2022 by Beccab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Oh, I assumed launch was at 5:45 mtn time. Cool, I get to see it maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 The 2 hour crew coverage... Meh. Will maybe turn it back on later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 17 minutes ago, tater said: The 2 hour crew coverage... Meh. Will maybe turn it back on later. For crew at least it makes sense, most of the events happen long before launch (suit up was t-3h 30m). I'm keeping it on the background Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Somebody want to give me the TLDR single sentence of what axiom is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Gargamel said: Somebody want to give me the TLDR single sentence of what axiom is? A private company building a new space station that is set to be temporarily attached to ISS before free flying: Module 1 under construction (Thales) to be attached in 2024. All nominal so far Entry burn Nice vid from booster All the way down! Epic landing video Edited April 8, 2022 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 That grid fin maneuvering has looked like it was getting pretty close to a roll resonance right after entry burn shutdown during the last couple launches. I hope they can check that out and make sure it doesn't get out of hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Holy hell, that landing video was the best I've ever seen. I gotta find if someone on twitter recorded it from when it was above the clouds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 There it is! Also, I believe the call with the crew is an hour and a half from now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 On 4/7/2022 at 2:40 AM, mikegarrison said: Sprinters don't want damping. They want as much energy returned as possible. Yes, benefit of that leg is that it return most of the energy absorbed, our legs does it but jumping animals are much better at this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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