Teilnehmer Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 (edited) (Sorry. Ignore this post.) Edited February 2, 2018 by Teilnehmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Teilnehmer said: (Sorry. Ignore this post.) Sorry, I failed at that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 6 hours ago, Ultimate Steve said: Sorry, I failed at that! The lack of a 'delete post' button is rather frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 (spacewalk) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 the antenna that was the focus of the space walk was installed wrong https://phys.org/news/2018-02-recording-setting-spacewalk-antenna-wrong.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teilnehmer Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) On 2/4/2018 at 12:18 AM, insert_name said: the antenna that was the focus of the space walk was installed wrong Nu yolki-palki! Edited February 5, 2018 by Teilnehmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 On 05.02.2018 at 4:19 AM, Teilnehmer said: Nu yolki-palki! At least it's not an accelerometer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Though installed incorrectly, reported to be workable. Probably they use RemoteTech mod, so a perfect positioning is not required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Quote Russia's Roscosmos says Falcon Heavy’s launch with roadster on board was 'good trick' MOSCOW, February 7. /TASS/. Russian space corporation Roscosmos’s spokesman Igor Burenkov believes that the launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket with a Tesla car as a payload was an excellent advertising trick. "The point is there are private companies that do business very well and that are interested in drawing more investment," Burenkov said on the Ekho Moskvy radio station. "For this they arrange for all sorts of promo events… The rocket put in space not some worthless dummy, a payload nobody will be sorry to lose, but a very specific motor vehicle," he said. "Something has to be done to boost business. Tesla is not doing very well. Everybody knows that. It was an excellent trick. Just wonderful," Burenkov said. http://tass.com/science/988909 What a bunch of idiots. A so-called space agency commenting on a car manufacturer finances, while completely ignoring the rocket that's three times as powerful as their failing Proton, AND mostly reusable. "Advertising trick", lol. What a pathetic statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 16 minutes ago, sh1pman said: http://tass.com/science/988909 What a bunch of idiots. A so-called space agency commenting on a car manufacturer finances, while completely ignoring the rocket that's three times as powerful as their failing Proton, AND mostly reusable. "Advertising trick", lol. What a pathetic statement. Doubly embarrassing if you do it on an, airquotes, hostile radio station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Spoiler 1 hour ago, sh1pman said: "Advertising trick", lol. What a pathetic statement. Unlikely Musk's problem directly relate to Russian launch thread, but it's enough to googlehttps://www.google.ru/search?client=opera&q=tesla+600+million&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) On 02/02/2018 at 1:13 AM, Teilnehmer said: (Sorry. Ignore this post.) Okay. Ill try my best 1 hour ago, sh1pman said: "Advertising trick", lol. What a pathetic statement. Well, they aren't wrong, but it is definitely more than just that. Edited February 8, 2018 by NSEP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sh1pman Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 2 hours ago, DDE said: Doubly embarrassing if you do it on an, airquotes, hostile radio station. Yea, that wasn't a very good advertising trick for Roscosmos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxwellsDemon Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) To be fair, launching a car is pretty goofy (Boeing lunar rovers and Lunokhods, etc., excepted). But there's no denying that it drew attention; therefore, mission accomplished. Edited February 8, 2018 by MaxwellsDemon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) 28 minutes ago, MaxwellsDemon said: To be fair, launching a car is pretty goofy (Boeing lunar rovers and Lunokhods, etc., excepted). But there's no denying that it drew attention; therefore, mission accomplished. That attention was effectively free, since the alternative payload would have been dead weight as a test. I'll admit, I'm fairly new to watching Russian launches. Back in the day we never saw them, and when we did, it was after the fact, and truly awful quality video. Hard to get interested in that compared to live shuttle coverage, or glossy hi-res photographic images (pre-web) of Shuttle. Sadly, the Russian launches (and to a lesser extent, most every launch provider other than SpaceX, honestly) are not terribly interesting most of the time. My son (and daughter, though she's less rabid about them, lol) loves launches, but gets pretty bored with all the non-spacex launches because they are not visually interesting. Watching something climb into space in real time, seeing the Earth turn beneath you as it achieves space... is a truly amazing thing. Sad that most don;t bother to stick a gopro on their rockets, they'd get a lot more interest if they did---for almost zero effort. Edited February 8, 2018 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 12 hours ago, tater said: non-spacex launches because they are not visually interesting An ideal space launch. 0. An empty round site covered with concrete. 1. A hole opens. 2. Column of fire. 3. Something quickly flies up and disappears in the sky. 4. The hole closes. ... 0. An empty round site covered with concrete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 3 hours ago, kerbiloid said: An ideal space launch. 0. An empty round site covered with concrete. 1. A hole opens. 2. Column of fire. 3. Something quickly flies up and disappears in the sky. 4. The hole closes. ... 0. An empty round site covered with concrete. Found the RVSN guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, DDE said: Found the RVSN guy. No. Just a perfectionism. But the picture illustrates the idea ideally. Why put KSC facilities on ground when you can hide them underground. Make the planet green again! Edited February 9, 2018 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teilnehmer Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 23 hours ago, tater said: Sad that most don;t bother to stick a gopro on their rockets, they'd get a lot more interest if they did---for almost zero effort. Some Soyuzes were equipped with on-board cams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 ^^^^ THAT is what I'm talking about. If ever Soyuz had that view, I'd never miss one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) 15 minutes ago, tater said: ^^^^ THAT is what I'm talking about. If ever Soyuz had that view, I'd never miss one. One was an ESA flight. The other was a specially-fitted PR stunt for Vostochny. Don't expect to see a lot of these. From what I can see, the Soviet program in general relied on very little camera footage, which is why you don't see a lot of footage from that era either. Edited February 9, 2018 by DDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 10 minutes ago, DDE said: The other was a specially-fitted PR stunt for Vostochny. “Excellent advertising trick” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Silly Elon, didn't you know they're allowed to hide behind obstacles when camping with speedguns? Didn't you expect one of them to take cover behind the biggest object out there - the Moon? Were you even thinking when exceeding the trans-Martian speed limit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuky Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Progress launch that was planned for today was scrubbed with new date confirmation still pending https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/02/11/russian-cargo-mission-to-station-is-scrubbed/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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