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[Frilock]

Taking bets on if that Dragon goes in Elon's living room when it gets back.

 

[C3PO]

Jolly good show, Elon. Congratulations.

PS: It looked like a very smooth ride. Can't wait to see the recordings from the capsule.

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Taking bets on if that Dragon goes in Elon's living room when it gets back.

I was thinking the exact same thing except about the first stage. :rofl:

 

[GLS]

I'll add the quindar tones to the suits in the "ugly list".

 

[Urwumpe]

I'll add the quindar tones to the suits in the "ugly list".

I really wonder why they still have them, there is no technical reason for them to exist.

 

[BrianJ]

Just saw Dragon go over, low to the SouthWest, beneath a beautiful crescent moon.
About magnitude +1. Gave the guys a wave as they went past

 

[richfororbit]

I missed the launch, I forgot about it. Well, this is a first. Whether or not it leads to further missions or a chance of sending a crew to the Moon soon, is another question. NASA still funds this program.

 

[Notebook]

Give it some joy?
Its a unique event and they have done well.

 

[mahdavi3d]

 

[jedidia]

So it's really all touchscreens in there... Do they have any hard-wired redundancies for essential controls?

 

[agentgonzo]

So it's really all touchscreens in there... Do they have any hard-wired redundancies for essential controls?

They've got an abort lever under the central screen where both can reach it. That's it

 

[llarian]

Just had a chance to watch Bob and Doug's show and tell. Funny that they mention the "tight quarters". Compared to other vehicles, it looked like they had a lot of volume to play around in. Nice clean design. Not cluttered at all.

So, they're calling it Endeavour. I'd prefer a different one (Enterprise would be a natural but then I'm an old trekkie with a second choice of Eagle-5), but Endeavour will do just fine.

Job well done, so far.

 

[kerlix]

Does anyone know if it launched heads-up or heads-down? Or what the G-Profile and peak G was for a crewed mission?

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[Frilock]

...So, they're calling it Endeavour...

The only shuttle built in my life time. I like it. I wonder if it, assuming they reuse it, will keep that name or if it'll just be a call sign for this mission.

 

[Donamy]

The only shuttle built in my life time. I like it. I wonder if it, assuming they reuse it, will keep that name or if it'll just be a call sign for this mission.

I believe it might be used as a cargo carrier, but then again ... being the first it may be retired.

 

[asbjos]

This is the tour llarian talked about, if anybody missed it.

 

[agentgonzo]

Does anyone know if it launched heads-up or heads-down? Or what the G-Profile and peak G was for a crewed mission?

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Crew faced the direction of travel at launch, so they were lying on their back when on the pad - same as all previous craft.

 

[llarian]

Whoa. Black Sabbath Planet Caravan as wakeup music (We Sail Through Endless Skies).

That oughta freak out the more conservative element.

Kinda mellow for a wakeup call, though.

 

[Gargantua2024]

Elon Musk overcome with emotion after SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch

 

[garyw]

So it's really all touchscreens in there... Do they have any hard-wired redundancies for essential controls?

No. nothing. Just the screens.

I was amused by one thing though. They have a docking sim on the internet https://iss-sim.spacex.com/

If you're used to dock MFD it'll be easy. It also looks a hell of a lot like Axial MFD. https://www.orbithangar.com/showAddon.php?id=edc11104-5a54-44e8-b361-66fbbc71d6a1

 

[GodAtum]

A surprise thought came to mind ... it should be easy to make a GUI for Crew Dragon as it's only screens, I wonder if they will release a public simulator or code they use. It could be a great simulator instead of using Orbiter.

Anyone flying along made a youtube video of the flight in their orbiter sim?