Chel Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Watching the Crew Dragon launch yesterday, I was really amazed. The capsule looks so sleek and modern! Last night I waited to watch the docking livestream too, and I watched it as this little craft just moved into position and connected to this huge station. It's quite awe inspiring seeing how one thing looks like it's just going slower than the other, while they're both travelling extremely fast in orbit around Earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 1 hour ago, tater said: Little Earth should be used for a ball game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbal7 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 4 hours ago, The_Cat_In_Space said: Watching the Crew Dragon launch yesterday, I was really amazed. The capsule looks so sleek and modern! Last night I waited to watch the docking livestream too, and I watched it as this little craft just moved into position and connected to this huge station. It's quite awe inspiring seeing how one thing looks like it's just going slower than the other, while they're both travelling extremely fast in orbit around Earth. What was so amazing about it? We've been launching rockets and docking spacecraft for over 50 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chel Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 12 minutes ago, Kerbal7 said: What was so amazing about it? We've been launching rockets and docking spacecraft for over 50 years. Well I hadn't seen a rocket launch live (always watched them on YouTube), and I actually felt like I was a part of it. I really love SpaceX, so that's why I was hyped over Crew Dragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 15 minutes ago, The_Cat_In_Space said: Well I hadn't seen a rocket launch live (always watched them on YouTube), and I actually felt like I was a part of it. I really love SpaceX, so that's why I was hyped over Crew Dragon I missed that, you saw the launch in person? That's on my list of things to do one of these days. It's hard when my only option is to fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chel Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Just now, tater said: I missed that, you saw the launch in person? That's on my list of things to do one of these days. It's hard when my only option is to fly. No, I saw it on YouTube live. I'm always watching the SpaceX videos after the launch (so I kinda miss it), but this time I managed to watch the actual livestream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Another exciting thing about getting both Commercial Crew vehicles going is that they allow for 7 crew at station. Currently, their nominal workload (including crew exercise) is such that ~5 man-days of the 6 man-days work available (with full 6 person crew) is used for ISS related activities, not their science work. Adding a seventh crew member literally doubles the science work they can accomplish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 12 hours ago, Rakaydos said: they have to do it the same way- get a perfect window where the station is at the right point in the orbit when the launch site passes under that orbit. Fiddling with orbital characteristics doesnt change that. Of course. Well I suppose no one here has heard anything about it, it's OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 It's worth noting that even though Shuttle could bring 7 people to ISS, they could never leave them there, as the 2 Soyuz could only return 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 I watched the docking and hatch opening with my dad via NASA TV. I especially love the parts where you could see the RCS thrusters fire, i hope when the Dragon comes back we will get the audio from Ripley's mic during docking, i'd love to know how it sounds. The hatch opening was awesome too, its amazing to see them enter a sports car in zero-g! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoidCosmos Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 21 hours ago, OrbitsR4Sissies said: To our incredible mod programmers in the community: I think many of us would LOVE to have a new docking port alignment indicator similar to what Crew Dragon is using. Can someone please make this docking port alignment indicater a mod? Everyone would use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V7 Aerospace Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, Kerbal7 said: What was so amazing about it? We've been launching rockets and docking spacecraft for over 50 years. Yeah, I agree. I just hate when I go to a theme park and see people screaming and enjoying themselves on rollercoasters, don't they know we've been operating rollercoasters for over 100 years? /s Edited March 4, 2019 by V7 Aerospace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 7 hours ago, Kerbal7 said: What was so amazing about it? We've been launching rockets and docking spacecraft for over 50 years. Meh, first commercial spacecraft, first autonomous docking with no humans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 11 minutes ago, Xd the great said: Meh, first commercial spacecraft, first autonomous docking with no humans. The first spacecraft with a beautiful, sleek, spacious and smooth design arriving at the ISS? Lame, they could've done that in 60s, meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakaydos Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 37 minutes ago, NSEP said: The first spacecraft with a beautiful, sleek, spacious and smooth design arriving at the ISS? Lame, they could've done that in 60s, meh. Coulda shoulda woulda. Point is they didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Kerman Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 I found the hatch opening procedures fascinating. The professionalism and teamwork of the crew was amazing to watch and showed me a facet of ISS operations I had not seen before. Watching Oleg Kononenko take a few selfies after the first ingress/egress also brought home the human and historical aspect of this mission. Now we wait for the de-orbit and I'm really interested to see how the solar cells hold up during re-entry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 8 minutes ago, James Kerman said: Now we wait for the de-orbit and I'm really interested to see how the solar cells hold up during re-entry. They get thrown away, i believe... Or else the reentry EM radiation will overcharge the dragon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefrums Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Xd the great said: They get thrown away, i believe... Or else the reentry EM radiation will overcharge the dragon 2 The solar panels are on the trunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 The ISS crew has visited Crew Dragon in gas masks and took air samples. https://translate.google.com.tr/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&u=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/652952 Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Canopus Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Does the new Trunk still has the ability to hold unpressurized Cargo, or would that compromize the ability of the abort system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xd the great Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 26 minutes ago, Canopus said: Does the new Trunk still has the ability to hold unpressurized Cargo, or would that compromize the ability of the abort system? Well, not a lot of cargo... I think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Canopus said: Does the new Trunk still has the ability to hold unpressurized Cargo, or would that compromize the ability of the abort system? Yes, 37 m^3 of unpressurized cargo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 30 minutes ago, Nightside said: Yes, 37 m^3 of unpressurized cargo. Is it for the Crew version or just the Cargo version of Dragon 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 1 minute ago, sh1pman said: Is it for the Crew version or just the Cargo version of Dragon 2? SpaceX seems to have removed Dragon 1 from the website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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