First flight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nearly nine years
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 18:29 last edited by
Live now:
Link to videoIt's amazing how uncluttered the interior looks, compared with the 1970s tech of the Shuttle.
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 18:38 last edited by
I've been watching...very cool all around. From having their suit checks in the same room where the last Shuttle crew got ready, to the drive to the pad via Teslas (not the silver van/bus), to the interior (like @George-K said) which is ridiculously streamlined. Mostly because nearly everything is within the touchscreen. The abort handle is below their middle screen, btw.
Oh and the weather latest...the storm risking today's launch is "eroding" which is good news for a launch decision.
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 18:46 last edited by
And Trump Force One is making an approach.
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 18:51 last edited by
Looks like there's some serious rain coming down. I take it that's not an issue?
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 19:11 last edited by
Depends, did the windshield wipers get installed in time?
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 20:17 last edited by
Launch scrubbed because of weather.
Damn.
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 20:18 last edited by
Come on Elon Musk, control the weather!!!
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 22:23 last edited by
What’s with all the touch screens? The Navy just dumped them in favor of more manual keyboards and controls... Less chance of error and fewer points of failure if I remember correctly...
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What’s with all the touch screens? The Navy just dumped them in favor of more manual keyboards and controls... Less chance of error and fewer points of failure if I remember correctly...
wrote on 27 May 2020, 22:24 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in First flight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nearly nine years:
What’s with all the touch screens? The Navy just dumped them in favor of more manual keyboards and controls... Less chance of error and fewer points of failure if I remember correctly...
They're cool, don'cha know?
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 22:33 last edited by
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What’s with all the touch screens? The Navy just dumped them in favor of more manual keyboards and controls... Less chance of error and fewer points of failure if I remember correctly...
wrote on 27 May 2020, 23:00 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in First flight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nearly nine years:
What’s with all the touch screens? The Navy just dumped them in favor of more manual keyboards and controls... Less chance of error and fewer points of failure if I remember correctly...
I don't think the astronauts get much chance to make an error. The flight is all programmed before they get in the capsule. I believe that they only get involved if something out of the ordinary happens.
This capsule model has flown to the Station without crew. The crew isn't needed. But if I remember correctly there was a flight a few months ago that was unsuccessful and they said if a person was on-board they could have fixed the problem. It had to do with the timing of the problem, they did not have the communication they needed to fix it from the ground, but a person could have fixed it on-board.
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wrote on 29 May 2020, 20:31 last edited by
3:22 p.m. EDT tomorrow Saturday 5/30