DDE Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 8 hours ago, tater said: OK, why have I hitherto ignored this guy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, DDE said: OK, why have I hitherto ignored this guy? He can get annoying really fast, he’s a little over-enthusiastic sometimes… but he also comes through with some damn good information from time to time as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Why was the Pirs burn up magenta? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Prichal soft dock. Somebody is about to have a long Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 (edited) It's realigning itself for a hard dock We lost camera feed Doesn't matter, there was an orbital sunset, hooks are closing Hard dock confirmed Edited November 26, 2021 by Minmus Taster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 26, 2021 Author Share Posted November 26, 2021 Docking seemed sorta spicy. Was texting with my buddy at MCC while it was happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Just another module docking. For the ISS crew - just Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 The Prichal's docking ports in video have caps. Probably, to open/close. On the pictures and on ground they didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 33 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: The Prichal's docking ports in video have caps. Probably, to open/close. On the pictures and on ground they didn't. They're just for protection during the launch, they'll probably remove them in a couple weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 20 minutes ago, Minmus Taster said: They're just for protection during the launch, they'll probably remove them in a couple weeks But if so, what about the (draft/draught) between the windows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 In the United States, there were a number of proposals for robotic missions to explore asteroids or comets in the 1970s or 1980s, such as the following- http://spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2015/03/missions-to-comet-darrest-asteroid-eros.html https://spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2015/08/exploring-asteroids-multiple-asteroid.html http://spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2015/03/preparing-for-halley-cometary-explorer.html http://spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2015/03/earth-approaching-asteroids-as-targets.html Vega 1 and 2 flew to Halley's Comet, but were there any proposals before this? Have there been any since? Also, have there been any asteroid defence studies made in the USSR or Russia? I am particularly curious if there was any analog to this, perhaps involving either the N-1 or Energia. http://spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2015/06/mit-saves-world-project-icarus-1967.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 1 hour ago, SunlitZelkova said: Vega 1 and 2 flew to Halley's Comet, but were there any proposals before this? Have there been any since? Vegas were repurposed Veneras, using their orbiters to fly-by the comet, which was coincidentally approaching close that year. 1 hour ago, SunlitZelkova said: Also, have there been any asteroid defence studies made in the USSR or Russia? Roscosmos is constantly raising this topic in press. It's a pity, that somebody thinks that 11 km/s things descending from the high orbit (like the rods-from-gods) can come from any direction and are at the low end of the bolide velocity range, too. 1 hour ago, SunlitZelkova said: I am particularly curious if there was any analog to this, perhaps involving either the N-1 or Energia. http://spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2015/06/mit-saves-world-project-icarus-1967.html Any professor may dream, but yet nobody has given him money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 https://www-interfax-ru.translate.goog/russia/805297?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=nui Roscosmos will develop new spaceships for the new orbital station due to the currently going redesign process. *** Earlier Rogozin suggested to name the new orbital station modules after the regions of Russia. (Not posting to avoid political arguing.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 I'm a little late to the docking party, but I can't resist because it bears repeating... With apologies to the Space Oddity "Commencing docking, engines OFF!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 (edited) 46 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said: bears Bears again? Edited November 27, 2021 by JoeSchmuckatelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 29 minutes ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: 1 hour ago, StrandedonEarth said: bears Bears again? Yes. In the bearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 42 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: Yes. In the bearing. At least it's not as Boaring as the other thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 14 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: Bears again? Well yeah, it’s Russia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 In Russia tiny bears are running inside a bearwheel to rotate the part, that's why others call it "bearing". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 TFW you base your geopolitical analysis on a laundered article from The Daily Mail Spoiler Also - critiquing the Mail, pointless, I know - SVR's press statements are not particularly rare. Naryshkin has been getting increasingly vocal, and he's as hawkish as you'd expect from someone in his position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Will it use GPS to home at GPS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, kerbiloid said: Will it use GPS to home at GPS? No need, it can know where it is by subtracting where it isn't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 38 minutes ago, Beccab said: No need, it can know where it is by subtracting where it isn't But if take down all GPS sats, there will be several tens of places where it isn't... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 3 hours ago, DDE said: TFW you base your geopolitical analysis on a laundered article from The Daily Mail Which itself is basing its article, even more hilariously, on quotes from Channel One TV host Dmitry Kiselyov, who is of course a renowned expert on space satellites and anti-satellite missiles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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