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ESA reported setbacks with the SM design.
Shoulda kept it with Lockheed. :shifty:
Its ok for me. I can wait 50 years if needed, though probably not a lot more. As long as the flights and the hardware are as well-prepared as this one, I'm confident we'll make it to Mars. Better a 10 months delay and more lab-testing rather than a SM with 2 solar panels that don't unfold correctly once in space or another annoying glitch of that sort.
And not require magic or elves
A big achievement for science and R&D. In Spain, in the news it only took 50 seconds to tell, and only on Friday night.
Try December 2018, actually.
PDR or preliminary design review takes places before the first piece of hardware is even produced, long before the CDR or critical design review, which is the milestone before production.
in the PDR, you mostly check that all the tens of thousands of individual specific requirements are not contradicting each other and the performance requirements can be achieved by the design.
In the CDR, you check if the design can actually be build, for example that it is not involving MC Escher assembly layouts. You also check that the spacecraft can be build by available tools, workers and processes (And not require magic or elves) In the CDR, you also check if the test plans are complete and capable of making sure that every requirement can be checked accurately during testing.
How long does each process usually take relative to the whole project time, and the time spent actually building the hardware?
How long does each process usually take relative to the whole project time, and the time spent actually building the hardware?
Here you go: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=272Are there any images of the capsule after it's been recovered? It'd be interesting to see close-up photos and see how it looks compared with Apollo capsules.
Are there any images of the capsule after it's been recovered? It'd be interesting to see close-up photos and see how it looks compared with Apollo capsules.
Not the best view, but there is this:
Life is not a journey to the grave with intentions of arriving safely in a pretty well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming ... WOW! What a ride!
Shoulda kept it with Lockheed. :shifty:
Not the best view, but there is this:
The Orion SM is ESA's way of paying their share of ISS operations costs. Previously it was through the ATVs but now that has come to end, ESA had to find some other way to pay the costs. The only thing that came close to the actual costs was two Orion Service Modules.I was sorta thinking the same thing. I know that the international partnership is great and all, but couldn't we just make our own SM? It's not like the ESA patented 4 solar panels sticking out the sides, right?
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You know, I am just thinking about how famous these pictures might be in a century. Oh, the joy of seeing the open parachutes over the Pacific Ocean! Can't wait till it's in business!