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SpaceX NASA returning human spaceflight to United States today (canceled)

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Post by abhorrence »

EvanAnderson wrote: post #52
j-pb wrote: post #42

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I bet one day these damn panels are gonna kill a crew. Non haptic controls in critical systems like cars, planes, and rockets are an insane fad.

I'm thinking the same thing. SpaceX isn't to the point in this endeavor where they should be worrying about making things look "sexy". If there isn't an objective improvement in doing something in a non-flight-tested way then I'd be highly suspicious.

Though I agree making the interior sexy is not particularly important. I think a large portion of SpaceX’s success thus far is due to making space sexy and interesting to the public again.

Re: SpaceX NASA returning human spaceflight to United States today (canceled)

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Post by billfruit »

mrtksn wrote: post #16

The cold war is back, the fashion is back and out of all the things that are back I am glad that the USA is back in space flights. Wish you the best luck and hope that this will lead to some serious competition. Soyuz is great but we need to do more as species.

As much as many US "hawks" seems to want it, I think another cold war is one of the least desirable thing to start now.

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Post by Koshkin »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #66
imshashank wrote: post #3

Love the new "Space" suits and the touch screen panel inside the capsule. This is going to be amazing. My prayers with the brave astronauts.

Hate the helmets. Sorry. I think the Mercury/Gemini/Apollo cool was that the hardware was completely lacking in design: it was as practical as a carburetor and as stylish. And that's why we liked them.

At least there is no face lighting inside them. (Or is there??)

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Post by ideals »

smeeth wrote: post #23
luizfzs wrote: post #19

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The space suit looks like it's made for a Halloween party. It looks kind of not flexible and fragile. The touch screen panel is surely very cool.

Right? Reading some of the comments here I thought I was going crazy - the suits look like they were made for a 2003 made-for-tv movie. Boeing suits look WAY better imo

At first I didn't really care for the SpaceX suit because I liked the raw look of the old NASA suits. But looking at it more, it reminds me of motorcycle leathers and that sleek look you get when your gear fits just right.

Not a fan of Boeing suits tbh, it looks a bit like an arts and crafts project.

Boeing suit: http://www.boeing.com/features/2017/01/space-suit-01-17.page

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Post by Koshkin »

mariushn wrote: post #46
imshashank wrote: post #3

Love the new "Space" suits and the touch screen panel inside the capsule. This is going to be amazing. My prayers with the brave astronauts.

Is the touch screen usable during lift-off / landing? I'm thinking gravity (4+g?) and trepidations is making it hard to touch a specific spot. Or, maybe there isn't much to do manually during this phase, and for the little things there are some classic controls.

Can't be worse than touchscreens in a tank: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/news/a1908...

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Post by onion2k »

exdsq wrote: post #57

As a Brit, I am jealous that I'll not be able to work with NASA or SpaceX. This is a really exciting time, best of luck to the team.

There are lots of jobs in the space industry here in the UK - https://spacecareers.uk/

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Post by dylan604 »

Koshkin wrote: post #74
JKCalhoun wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hate the helmets. Sorry. I think the Mercury/Gemini/Apollo cool was that the hardware was completely lacking in design: it was as practical as a carburetor and as stylish. And that's why we liked them.

At least there is no face lighting inside them. (Or is there??)

Don't worry, there will be in the suit for Tom Cruise

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Post by randomsearch »

albntomat0 wrote: post #63
NikolaeVarius wrote: post #32

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High risk relative to?

It's the first manned launch on the Dragon platform. There have been a number of unmanned launches and tests, but no where near as many as on Soyuz. A quick search through Wikipedia shows 140+ manned Soyuz launches, and around 20 total for the SpaceX Dragon. Note those numbers are for the spacecraft, not the booster (the Soyuz platform has both the spacecraft and booster named Soyuz, SpaceX has the Dragon spacecraft…

Exactly. The odds are not what I'd like them to be.

Re: SpaceX NASA returning human spaceflight to United States today (canceled)

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Post by dylan604 »

os7borne wrote: post #73

Honestly, wondering how the touch interface will work in this mission. Always thought it will be tough to make sure the touch works as opposed to physical switches and buttons. eagerly waiting for the launch, though! Wishing luck from India!

If they have to take their gloves off to get the TouchID to work, then that's kind of a bummer. Don't know how well FaceID works while wearing the helmets either.
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