sh1pman Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 58 minutes ago, DDE said: ExoMars 2020 has had full chute failure a few days ago - smashed to bits https://ria.ru/20190809/1557321673.html I’m starting to think that ExoMars missions are cursed. The Curse of Rapid Involuntary Lithobraking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 (edited) It’s getting more and more disturbing every day. Quote Rosatom reported the death of five employees during engine tests near Arkhangelsk Edited August 9, 2019 by sh1pman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 1 hour ago, sh1pman said: I’m starting to think that ExoMars missions are cursed. The Curse of Rapid Involuntary Lithobraking. Well, Russia and Mars don’t have a very good relationship to begin with. Maybe if they launched from Venus, instead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Just Martians intuitively understand who can really reveal their secrets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 11 hours ago, sh1pman said: It’s getting more and more disturbing every day. Less so if you use a more verbose source. https://rg.ru/2019/08/10/reg-szfo/radiacionnyj-skachok-v-severodvinske-poluchil-obiasnenie-v-rosatome.html They claim it was an RTG powering the missile. Could this be the legendary Skiff containerized underwater missile, the SLBM without the submarine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 12 minutes ago, DDE said: They claim it was an RTG powering the missile. Did they say РИТЭГ / RTG? They said "a radioisotope source of power". Formally, it's including but not limited. P.S.A devoted thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 On 8/9/2019 at 2:53 PM, sh1pman said: I’m starting to think that ExoMars missions are cursed. The Curse of Rapid Involuntary Lithobraking. Somehow I missed this. Yikes. When is the launch window, because after 2 test failures, I'd probably want to see 2 test successes before I sent something all the way to Mars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 The third one is happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Got loaded into MS-14 on the 11th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DDE Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Roscosmos 2018 annual report https://www.roscosmos.ru/media/img/2019/august/godovoi.otcet.goskorporazii.roskosmos.2018.g..pdf Quote В рамках реализации подпрограммы «Приоритетные инновационные проекты ракетно-космической промышленности» Госпрограммы Российской Федерации «Космическая деятельность России на 2013 – 2020 годы» завершено выполнение инновационного проекта «Создание транспортно- энергетического модуля на основе ядерной энергодвигательной установки мегаваттного класса» (проект «ТЭМ»), утвержденного Решением Комиссии при Президенте Российской Федерации по модернизации и технологическому развитию экономики России (протокол от 28 октября 2009 г. No 5, утвержденный Президентом Российской Федерации 10 ноября 2009 г. No Пр-3004). В результате реализации проекта разработана конструкторская документация, изготовлены и прошли автономные испытания ряд составных частей макета наземного прототипа ТЭМ. So, apparently the megawatt-class nuclear-electric tug has completed groundside component testing. If not for the publication of the rest of the report, I’d have found the news fascinating in light of recent events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 I mindlessly clicked on this thread not expecting anything too special but then i got greeted by this: 10 hours ago, DDE said: Got loaded into MS-14 on the 11th. And this: 41 minutes ago, DDE said: Roscosmos 2018 annual report https://www.roscosmos.ru/media/img/2019/august/godovoi.otcet.goskorporazii.roskosmos.2018.g..pdf So, apparently the megawatt-class nuclear-electric tug has completed groundside component testing. If not for the publication of the rest of the report, I’d have found the news fascinating in light of recent events. Pretty interesting progress going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 1 minute ago, NSEP said: I mindlessly clicked on this thread not expecting anything too special but then i got greeted by this: Hey, it’s just an early model. We promise to triple our efforts. It’s a work-in-progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Do they dream of electric sheep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 21 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Do they dream of electric sheep? It dreams of nuclear-electric space sheep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DDE Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 (edited) Rogozin: Yenisei is 1/4 the cost of the SLS https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4066612 Edited August 20, 2019 by DDE "ISS" instead of "SLS" was an epic Freudian typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 1 hour ago, DDE said: "ISS" instead of "SLS" was an epic Freudian typo I wouldn't be that surprised tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 5 hours ago, sh1pman said: I wouldn't be that surprised tbh I would. Where would Rogozin conjure up a quarter of $1 trillion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 3 hours ago, DDE said: I would. Where would Rogozin conjure up a quarter of $1 trillion? Dunno, maybe he’d ask his boss for some more cash? I mean, there are so many opportunities, like increasing VAT to 25%, retirement age to 90, freezing pensions... oh wait, that last one is done already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 (edited) (And now back to important things.) Skybot "Fedor" F-850 will take a knitted toy cosmonautess Maroussia as a zero-G indicator. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/673347 (They don't explain why should a robodroid care about zero-G. He's a ... piece of metal.) Edited August 21, 2019 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 50 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: They don't explain why should a robodroid care about zero-G. He's a ... piece of metal Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 19 hours ago, DDE said: Rogozin: Yenisei is 1/4 the cost of the SLS https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4066612 Which rocket is this, they have proposed so many desings recently it's hard to keep track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Just now, insert_name said: Which rocket is this, they have proposed so many desings recently it's hard to keep track The big one. (Still not the biggest, though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Reveal hidden contents (Out of likes for today). Who says "EVE"? Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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