kerbiloid Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Unlikely. That one was painting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 2 hours ago, DDE said: My sides have violated self-isolation and launched into orbit. You know that announcement by Trump about how the US is not going to accept the Common Heritage of Mankind doctrine with regards to space? Let's look at the reaction from Roscosmos. https://www.roscosmos.ru/28319/ Am I reading too much into this, or are these intentional allusions to Austrian man with mustache from exactly 75 years ago? Tell that to Crimea, Donbass and Georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 minute ago, insert_name said: Tell that to Crimea, Donbass and Georgia Rules for thee but not for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 7 hours ago, DDE said: Am I reading too much into this, or are these intentional allusions to Austrian man with mustache from exactly 75 years ago? Well, in all fairness, He-Who-Shoulda-Just-Stuck-To-Lousy-Painting was only one in a long line of landgrabbers going back a couple of eons at this point. I don’t think any group around today has entirely clean hands in that aspect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 6 hours ago, insert_name said: 8 hours ago, DDE said: Am I reading too much into this, or are these intentional allusions to Austrian man with mustache from exactly 75 years ago? Yes, they are. Mr. Rogozin is once again demonstrating that he is a master diplomat. Do you drink water? Oh, but do you know who else drank water!? That’s right. You’re basically just as bad as him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) The Moon doesn't have any population btw. So, probably, Spoiler Floki Spoiler Lunar Helium-3 is an equivalent of Floki's motivational tales about agriculture. Edited April 8, 2020 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teilnehmer Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Anatoly Ivanishin, Chris Cassidy, and Ivan Vagner are set to launch today aboard the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft. Baikonur time Moscow time UTC Houston time Launch live starts 12:30 10:30 07:30 02:30 Liftoff 13:05 11:05 08:05 03:05 Docking live starts 18:45 16:45 13:45 08:45 Docking 19:15 17:15 14:15 09:15 Launch live coverage (in Russian): (in English): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Teilnehmer Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Hatch opening. Live in 10 minutes. Also, on NASA TV now: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#public Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DDE Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 A bit of harmless inforgraphics for Yuri Day. https://spacemen.tass.ru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 As predicted by NOTAMs, SpaceCom is not happy. https://www.spacecom.mil/MEDIA/NEWS-ARTICLES/Article/2151611/russia-tests-direct-ascent-anti-satellite-missile/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DDE Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Looks like the blast trench shed a few concrete panels during the MS-16 launch. https://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3257329 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kerbiloid Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) Now it's exactly 49 years since the first craft of Almaz family got on the orbit (Zarya aka Salyut-1). If Nauka (derived from the Almaz supply ship TKS) gets to there as planned, in Nov 2020 (more or less), it will be fifty years of Almaz launches. Edited April 17, 2020 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 12 hours ago, tater said: 3 way contest between this, James Webb, and SLS for most delayed space project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 9 minutes ago, insert_name said: 3 way contest between this, James Webb, and SLS for most delayed space project? Add the SpX Starship. It's been designed in early 1900s and is still preparing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 16 minutes ago, insert_name said: 3 way contest between this, James Webb, and SLS for most delayed space project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kerbiloid Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 (edited) 10 launches are in jeopardy due to the OneWeb bankrupcy. It's not clear if they can be proceeded. 4 rockets are on Vostochny, 4 on Baikonur. They keep negotiating with Arianespace. Though Roscosmos already has gotten most part of payment from OneWeb. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/704985 *** Rogozin promised that the Russian reusable rockets will be more effective than the SpaceX's ones. And first of all because they will use methalox whic allows to reuse them without cleaning and reassembling. "Krylo / Wing SV" is currently under development in Russia, by Advanced Research Foundation and TsNIIMash. Due to the geography the vertical landing is not enough good for Russia, so horizontal landing will be used. If they see that HL works good, it will be used for the medium class rocket Soyuz-SPG (SPG = LNG, liquid natural gas), which will be using LNG as a perspective fuel for the methalox engine. It will then replace Soyuz-2. Rogozin doubts that SpaceX can prove that Falcons are self-sufficient, as a stage should be reused ten times for this. They are asking Musk about Thomas, but he tells about Jeremy, so his answers do not convince. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/704984 *** Roscosmos is not planning to build special infrastructure for launches to stratosphere, as Vostochny can be used for this purpose, say for stratospheric balloons. This is about the project of "Stratonautika" lab/company which is planning to deliver equipment to the upper atmosphere as a cheap alternative for Starlink-like projects, to make the internet available in far regions. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/704986 *** The launch of two commsats of Express series is postponed from March to July due to the defects in Proton-M launcher. Two launches of Soyuzes from Kourou are postponed till autumn due to the coronavirus. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/704990 *** Upd. Rogozin confirmed that the general constructor of Energy Corp. is infected by the virus. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/704993 Edited April 19, 2020 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Rogozin promised that the Russian reusable rockets will be more effective than the SpaceX's ones. Not really, he said that this mode of landing stages (horizontally) might be better suited for future Russian reusable rockets than SpaceX-style. If it works for Krylo-SV, they’ll use it with methalox Soyuz-SPG. Speculation: assume best case scenario, and both reusable rockets work great. The wing-based recovery should then be quite easy to adapt to other rockets made of standardized modules, such as Angara-A5, -A5V, Superheavy Yenisei and its single-stick derivatives Soyuz-5 and -6. In case of Yenisei, there can be 6 booster landings per launch, imagine how cool that is. Edited April 19, 2020 by sh1pman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) The original Rogozin's interview. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.kp.ru/daily/27119/4201316/ Edited April 20, 2020 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCgothic Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Uh oh. Hope this comes to nothing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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