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

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Post by Ididntdothis »

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.

I have listened to a podcast about the F-35. It has touchscreens but they also put a lot of the critical functions onto the stick so the touchscreen doesn't need to be used when things are shaking. I imagine it's the same here. The astronauts probably don't have much to do during a launch and can't do much when things go wrong.

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

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Post by iso1631 »

elteto wrote: post #37
martythemaniak wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Similar - about 18-19hrs before docking. You should be able to watch it live tomorrow morning. It's funny that it takes that long, since they could theoretically make it up there in like half an hour or so. Here's a good overview of what's gonna happen today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr_zfpzGxQQ

Thanks, that was a really good mission rundown. On a separate note, it's amazing how Tim has built such a brand in such a short time, I remember when he started out a couple of years ago.

He's been culturing the persona for about 5 years, and youtubing since 2017

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Post by twirlip »

fermienrico wrote: post #83
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.

Elon has fascination for sci-fi aesthetics so no matter what, he is going to shoe horn it in. Sci-fi UI/UX was developed in a short time under pressure when movies were being made. The authors did not consider literally anything about the implications such as ergonomics, cost, reliability, discoverability, etc. Literally zero research behind it. It was not an engineering project by any stretch of the meaning. Sci-fi…

The Crew Dragon touchscreen monitors compensate for vibration by oscillating the image, enhancing readability especially during reentry. Analog gauges are unable to do that.

To say 'sci-fi aesthetic is the cancer of our society' is empty hyperbole. The sci-fi aesthetic mirrors the age in which we live. Additionally, which sci-fi aesthetic is so ruinous? Is it Star Wars with all it's switch, levers, and knobs? Is it 2001 and Star Trek with display monitors everywhere? Is it Blade Runner or Alien with a decayed future? What is this cancer causing your histrionic invective?

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

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Post by avmich »

lmilcin wrote: post #84
avmich wrote: post #40

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We raise the question if the space deserves exploration fairly frequently here. For some reason, neither commercial advantages - certain things, like global communications, navigation, imaging can be conveniently done with satellites - not traditional expansion of species habitat reasons - though I'm sure for each Columbus crew there were some loudly wondering why sail at all - serve as a good enough explanation.

Of course it is worth to explore space. It does not "deserve" to be explored, it just pays off. There is huge amount of knowledge and resources to be had. Of course robotic missions are better for exploration than manned mission. Manned missions costs so much we could do so many more robotic missions for the same cost. People are absolutely not required in space. We send people into space because we can and we want.…

> Of course robotic missions are better for exploration than manned mission. Manned missions costs so much we could do so many more robotic missions for the same cost. People are absolutely not required in space.

Can you imagine being wrong on that? That people can and are cheaper than robots for certain important aspects? That accomplished space robot makers would disagree that robots are at least universally cheaper - or better in other aspects?

> We send people into space because we can and we want. Because we keep separate track of record of things achieved by actual human beings. That's why we list who beat 100m or marathon record even though we have machines to move as around much faster. Because standing a human on a mountain, sea bed, or a piece of rock in space is an important step for us to prove we can command nature around us.

I suspect you're mixing several significantly different things into one here. Token achievements, like current champion in sport X, are one thing. Genuinely advancing, say, science - like on ISS - is another.

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

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Post by coronadisaster »

mabbo wrote: post #87

For those who aren't giant space nerds (like me) the very best place to get info on SpaceX and SpaceX launches has always been Reddit's /r/SpaceX[0]. The launch today (like all launches) has a dedicated thread[1] with mods keeping all details up to date, all links that matter organized. It's 100% not sponsored or run by SpaceX, but honestly it's probably doing a better job than a corporate PR side could manage. Fanta…

> It's 100% not sponsored or run by SpaceX

but it feels like it is sometimes

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

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Post by tibbydudeza »

luizfzs wrote: post #31
smeeth wrote: post #23

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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

I had to search. Yeah, Boeing's look like a real space suit.

Probably made from leftover Tesla upholstery :).

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

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Post by andresgottlieb »

billfruit wrote: post #103
koheripbal wrote: post #85

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As long as other nuclear powers exist - there will be cold wars. There are two alternatives... 1. Non-nuclear hot wars. 2. A single global authority.

We didn't have a cold war last 20 years, except some in the US still maintaining a cold war mentality.

As long as the meaning of "Cold War" stays poorly defined, there will be no point to this conversation

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Post by majkinetor »

mabbo wrote: post #87

For those who aren't giant space nerds (like me) the very best place to get info on SpaceX and SpaceX launches has always been Reddit's /r/SpaceX[0]. The launch today (like all launches) has a dedicated thread[1] with mods keeping all details up to date, all links that matter organized. It's 100% not sponsored or run by SpaceX, but honestly it's probably doing a better job than a corporate PR side could manage. Fanta…

Many reddit communities are like that. Not sure what they did to collect such folks on single place, but reddit is something else.
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