RyanRising Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 9 hours ago, Codraroll said: Oh, it was definitely human-rated. One can't just put together any contraption of seats and wheels and take it into traffic. Try riding the Voyager 1 down a highway, you would be pulled over for lacking some quite essential features (most notably, and probably quite puzzling to the cop who pulled you over, wheels). That Tesla design went through a rigorous approval process to ensure it fulfilled a variety of different criteria to be legally usable in traffic. That's human-rating even by a very strict definition of the term. Yeah, but at the risk of sounding obvious, while it’s a human-rated car, it’s not a human-rated spacecraft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Rollout in about 24 hours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 BTW, they got a waiver on the FTS battery situation, now it's 25 days, not 20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 1 hour ago, RyanRising said: Yeah, but at the risk of sounding obvious, while it’s a human-rated car, it’s not a human-rated spacecraft. It's human-rated in one domain, but went a bit beyond that for the particular journey in question. Similar to how the Apollo 10 capsule probably wasn't rated for taking crew to solar orbit for six decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 13 hours ago, Codraroll said: Oh, it was definitely human-rated. One can't just put together any contraption of seats and wheels and take it into traffic. Try riding the Voyager 1 down a highway, you would be pulled over for lacking some quite essential features (most notably, and probably quite puzzling to the cop who pulled you over, wheels). That Tesla design went through a rigorous approval process to ensure it fulfilled a variety of different criteria to be legally usable in traffic. That's human-rating even by a very strict definition of the term. We are discussing human rating for space though. You are correct- the Tesla is human rated on Earth- but not in space. If we built a standard cookie cutter house on the Moon, no one is going to call it “a human rated structure in space” because people can not practically live there. Likewise the Tesla does not qualify as human rated for the purpose of this discussion. 2 hours ago, Codraroll said: It's human-rated in one domain, but went a bit beyond that for the particular journey in question. Similar to how the Apollo 10 capsule probably wasn't rated for taking crew to solar orbit for six decades. The point is if it is human rated for space. The Tesla could not carry humans in space because it has no life support. The Apollo 10 LM could have taken humans to solar orbit, albeit on a suicide mission- but they could still do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegarrison Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 On 8/14/2022 at 5:51 PM, SunlitZelkova said: But a minivan isn’t a submarine if it is driven into a lake… it’s just a sunken minivan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tater Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 (edited) https://www.nasa.gov/feature/track-nasa-s-artemis-i-mission-in-real-time Real time mission tracking (a friend is working on this) Interview about Artemis imaging systems: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/audio/ep226_artemis_imagery_1.mp3 Edited August 21, 2022 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intelliCom Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, tater said: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/track-nasa-s-artemis-i-mission-in-real-time Real time mission tracking (a friend is working on this) Interview about Artemis imaging systems: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/audio/ep226_artemis_imagery_1.mp3 Looks really good. Just needs to make sure it's ready for the Artemis I launch though, because that's coming up real soon. Edited August 22, 2022 by intelliCom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 56 minutes ago, intelliCom said: Looks really good. Just needs to make sure it's ready for the Artemis I launch though, because that's coming up real soon. Yeah, they are working hard to get it ready, apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intelliCom Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 14 minutes ago, tater said: Yeah, they are working hard to get it ready, apparently. Let them know that I'm rooting for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/the-sls-rocket-is-the-worst-thing-to-happen-to-nasa-but-maybe-also-the-best/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 So liftoff is set for Monday at 0833 EDT, or 0533 PDT.. I need to leave for work at 0545 at the latest to be on time. (usually aim to leave at 0540). I think I may be a bit late that day... I guess that's why they call me / They call me the working man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superluminal Gremlin Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 it launches at 10:30 if the countdown is nominal that pm, not am ah well. living in the other side of the world sucks for this sort of thing:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Game on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Friend at MCC sent me this link this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, tater said: Friend at MCC sent me this link this morning. Grrr now why would they not make that video available in Canada, it can't be that top secret... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutabaga22 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 I haven't seen a thread for this so, let's get hyped for an sls launch! I am so excited for this and have been reading up on all the sls stuff around it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FleshJeb Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 1 hour ago, StrandedonEarth said: Grrr now why would they not make that video available in Canada, it can't be that top secret... Let me summarize: It’s a character study of the lead flight director. My assessment is that if Artemis fails, it definitely won’t be Rick LaBrode’s fault. Also, the newscasters back in the studio were offensively vapid. The forum filter prevents me from giving a proper take on the contrast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 T-24 hours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curveball Anders Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 21 hours ago, Rutabaga22 said: I haven't seen a thread for this so, let's get hyped for an sls launch! I am so excited for this and have been reading up on all the sls stuff around it! Merged to main thread , sorry for missing to post this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Meanwhile, on one of the first F9 launches, SpaceX blew Shuttle_Guy’s mind by recycling and launching hours after a hot abort… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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