CatastrophicFailure Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 4 hours ago, sh1pman said: Emperor of the Solar System? Now you’re catching on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 11 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: I didn’t wanna be the first one to use the C word. But this is all clearly a part of Elon Musk’s grand conspiracy to become Lord of Mars. First, he gets Constellation cancelled and rolled into SLS, which is forever mired in development hell. He establishes himself as the underdog fighting against Big Space, cuz who doesn’t like an underdog? Antares. He gets Starliner mired down with fuel leaks and stability issues. Then he slowly picks apart Roscosmos with a series of increasingly dramatic accidents with just enough danger to engage the media, entirely plausible due to the economic situation over there. He engages more public support with a dorky yet lovable rich guy to shoot artists around the moon in his megarocket. And to defeat Bezos himself, he goes after Bezos’ own target: the moon. Now he just needs to arrange another “accident” to ground Soyuz for the long term, then gets to revel in public appreciation as the hero when he’s the only one who can send people and cargo to the space station. The Lizard Men will be most pleased Don't forget: Elon plans to build (an army of?) mechs. And tunnels - clearly dwellings for his loyal Mole People. It all fits together! Wake up, sheeple! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Probably they have bended a 6-mm thick rod in the stages joint while assembling. The rod is attached to a sphere inside the joint which rotates when the lateral booster is separating and gets 45° from the central booter. When the lateral one gets out from the joint, the rod sends a signal to open the separation nozzle of the lateral block, The rod was bent, the signal wasn't send, the nozzle stayed closed. https://translate.google.com.tr/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&u=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/21/10/2018/5bcc620f9a7947dd8790218b?from=main&edit-text= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spark Plug Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) On 10/19/2018 at 2:08 PM, razark said: ... Mistakes happen, but if they were saying this was a deliberate act, on top of the Soyuz hole, it would be very alarming. Speaking of the hole on the ISS, was there any more breaking news of that? I fell out of the loop after just checking out Scott Manley's videos on that issue. Edited October 22, 2018 by Spark Plug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 2 hours ago, kerbiloid said: The rod was bent, the signal wasn't send, the nozzle stayed closed. I was just watching Scott Manley’s breakdown of the incident, the way that whole mechanism works is really incredible, it seems extremely Kerbal and yet this is the first time it’s ever failed. 23 minutes ago, Spark Plug said: Speaking of the hole on the ISS, was there any more breaking news of that? I fell out of the loop after just checking out Scott Manley's videos on that issue. The last I heard, they were considering an EVA to examine it from the outside, but that was before the launch incident. As that’s the Soyuz everyone’s worried about keeping out past it’s curfew, it’s unlikely at this point they’ll be able to examine it further before its time to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spark Plug Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 55 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: ... The last I heard, they were considering an EVA to examine it from the outside, but that was before the launch incident. As that’s the Soyuz everyone’s worried about keeping out past it’s curfew, it’s unlikely at this point they’ll be able to examine it further before its time to go. Alright, I see. I guess the investigation on the ground is still on going. Then would the current ISS crew eventually return to Earth aboard that hole-y spacecraft? The hole's not in the crew module so perhaps they can take the risk that the patch holds on the way down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kerbiloid Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) Greedy they don't want to insure the next Soyuz-FG launch. https://translate.google.com.tr/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&u=https://tass.ru/ekonomika/5711026&edit-text= Though other Soyuzes should put into orbit: tomorrow a milsat, and on 3 Nov a Glonass sat. Edited October 24, 2018 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 4 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Greedy they don't want to insure the next Soyuz-FG launch. https://translate.google.com.tr/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&u=https://tass.ru/ekonomika/5711026&edit-text= Though other Soyuzes should put into orbit: tomorrow a milsat, and on 3 Nov a Glonass sat. I wouldn't want to insure it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, sh1pman said: wouldn't want to insure it too. Even if the insurance price rises for 10%? https://translate.google.com.tr/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&u=https://www.interfax.ru/business/634844&edit-text=- Edited October 24, 2018 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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magnemoe Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 7 hours ago, tater said: So back in business it looks like, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 The tender for the Luna-27 lander is cancelled. 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/635504&edit-text=- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 1 hour ago, kerbiloid said: The tender for the Luna-27 lander is cancelled. 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/635504&edit-text=- Sooo.... they cancelled the whole lander? The translation is a bit hard to get thru. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 13 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Sooo.... they cancelled the whole lander? The translation is a bit hard to get thru. They cancelled the tender for the lander creation. It was going to be sent in 2022 from Vostochniy. Probably it's now postponed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 So, the damaged limit switch. 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/635902&edit-text= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 OMG, this is AMAZING: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 2 hours ago, sh1pman said: OMG, this is AMAZING: Awesome vid. That conveys the oops in a way no amount of explaining ever could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 That looked strangely familiar, as if I’ve had that happen dozens or even hundreds of times in some game... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 They suspect two more defectively assembled rockets possibly having the switch malfunction: on Baikonur and Kourou. Both will be reassembled and checked with video recording. The procedure of assembling will be modified. 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/636088&edit-text= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 The Soyuz assembling personnel will be recertificated. 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/636092&edit-text= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 (edited) Spoiler Video from Roscosmos Edited November 1, 2018 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinimumSky5 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 The video is quite low quality, so I can't tell if it was a CG animation, or real recovered footage from the fairing. Did Roscosmos say which it was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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