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The view from the High Bay viewing gallery this morning.
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Jun 29 2011, 01:27 AM
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-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jun 29 2011, 10:46 AM
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I have few of questions about the desent stage thrusters.
Are all 8 used in the landing ? Why are the thrusters in each pair pointing in different directions ? What happens if the thrust is not enough ? Thanks. Also I read the thrusters run at 107 %, which seems an odd figure to me. |
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toddbronco2 Preparing for launch Jun 21 2011, 04:35 PM
ugordan Ha! Jun 21 2011, 04:47 PM KrisK There are some new pictures in KSC gallery:
Insta... Jun 21 2011, 09:10 PM Oersted Thx for the pics! Jun 21 2011, 09:17 PM eoincampbell Love that Spin Test photo, seems like those engine... Jun 22 2011, 05:45 AM punkboi Looks more like those engineers are taking a break... Jun 22 2011, 05:53 AM KrisK MSL & Descent stage both arrived at Florida:
h... Jun 23 2011, 08:40 PM ElkGroveDan - Jun 23 2011, 09:59 PM nprev The USAF C-17: When it absolutely, positively, has... Jun 24 2011, 01:11 AM Oersted So a lowly fork lift was the first stage of this s... Jun 27 2011, 12:15 AM nprev We do all tend to forget the critical importance o... Jun 27 2011, 12:36 AM KrisK Unpacking descent stage @ KSC:
More: http://med... Jun 28 2011, 09:07 PM djellison KrisK - there's no need to embed the images in... Jun 29 2011, 12:24 AM ElkGroveDan - Jun 29 2011, 12:36 AM
centsworth_II QUOTE (MahFL @ Jun 29 2011, 05:46 AM) I h... Jun 29 2011, 01:05 PM
djellison QUOTE (MahFL @ Jun 29 2011, 03:46 AM) I h... Jun 29 2011, 01:51 PM MahFL It was a wrong assumption by me the thrusters woul... Jun 29 2011, 02:52 PM paxdan Yes
For stability
Lithobraking
100% is the origin... Jun 29 2011, 11:20 AM MahFL I assume safe landing could be made with less than... Jun 29 2011, 11:29 AM djellison How could that possibly work anyway - the vehicle ... Jun 29 2011, 03:05 PM g4ayu Looks like a lot of activity at the Cape today. Jul 18 2011, 06:28 PM peter59 Mars Science Laboratory's page is slightly cha... Jul 29 2011, 07:40 PM djellison QUOTE (peter59 @ Jul 29 2011, 12:40 PM) S... Jul 29 2011, 08:00 PM sgendreau QUOTE (peter59 @ Jul 29 2011, 12:40 PM) S... Aug 2 2011, 03:37 PM Lewis007 The first and Centaur stages of the Atlas-V rocket... Aug 2 2011, 07:54 AM Drkskywxlt Just got to see and stand near MSL's engineeri... Aug 4 2011, 11:25 PM pospa Whose was this idea? Somebody we know here?
Ben... Aug 7 2011, 01:05 PM nprev QUOTE (pospa @ Aug 7 2011, 05:05 AM) Whos... Aug 8 2011, 11:36 PM cIclops Video of Curiosity flight hardware being prepared ... Aug 8 2011, 04:45 PM pospa Due to longer tests of EDL phase during August the... Sep 1 2011, 01:11 PM climber Atlas stacking underway: http://www.spaceflightnow... Sep 13 2011, 08:47 PM punkboi MSL launch prep page now up on the KSC Media Galle... Oct 5 2011, 06:32 PM pospa QUOTE (punkboi @ Oct 5 2011, 08:32 PM) MS... Oct 6 2011, 08:23 PM Airbag Some really detailed photos there; thanks for the ... Oct 6 2011, 06:10 PM djellison QUOTE (Airbag @ Oct 6 2011, 11:10 AM) I w... Oct 6 2011, 06:32 PM pospa QUOTE And, I think the mylar's coming off....p... Oct 6 2011, 08:07 PM punkboi QUOTE (Airbag @ Oct 6 2011, 10:10 AM) And... Oct 7 2011, 06:56 PM climber Atlas 5 getting ready: http://www.spaceflightnow.c... Oct 14 2011, 07:39 PM pospa All MSL elements assembly (except MMRTG and some c... Oct 24 2011, 08:14 AM Oersted QUOTE (pospa @ Oct 24 2011, 10:14 AM) All... Oct 25 2011, 08:40 PM climber QUOTE (Oersted @ Oct 25 2011, 10:40 PM) S... Oct 25 2011, 09:02 PM djellison QUOTE (Oersted @ Oct 25 2011, 01:40 PM) S... Oct 25 2011, 09:27 PM vikingmars ...And "The Thinker" from Rodin, meditat... Oct 24 2011, 11:25 AM john_s Glad he's wearing a bunny suit over his tradit... Oct 24 2011, 07:20 PM ilbasso Hopefully he's not thinking, "Now where d... Oct 24 2011, 07:50 PM nprev ....no worries, Jonathon; the tool accountability ... Oct 25 2011, 01:42 AM Oersted ah, wauw, thanks for the info. Oct 26 2011, 01:31 PM eoincampbell Is the fairing hatch for the MMRTG seen in this vi... Oct 26 2011, 09:48 PM djellison I think so. Oct 26 2011, 11:16 PM pospa I do not think so.
The fairing hatch for the M... Oct 27 2011, 09:20 AM djellison QUOTE (pospa @ Oct 27 2011, 01:20 AM) The... Oct 27 2011, 02:33 PM punkboi MSL is now encapsulated by the Atlas V's paylo... Oct 28 2011, 07:03 AM pospa MSL payload fairing's got nice NASA & miss... Nov 4 2011, 08:43 AM pospa Not sure if this is the best thread to share this ... Nov 4 2011, 09:01 AM ilbasso I was within a couple of miles of the launch compl... Nov 6 2011, 10:15 PM CosmicRocker NASA to Hold Media Briefing About Mars Rover Launc... Nov 10 2011, 05:33 AM CosmicRocker The press conference has apparently been delayed 1... Nov 10 2011, 06:13 PM djellison That it was 15 mins 'late' was shared via ... Nov 10 2011, 07:08 PM Oersted And here you have the briefing, courtesy of the su... Nov 10 2011, 10:50 PM Oersted A question: what is the purpose of the white circu... Nov 10 2011, 11:06 PM djellison QUOTE (Oersted @ Nov 10 2011, 03:06 PM) A... Nov 11 2011, 12:13 AM CosmicRocker QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 10 2011, 01:08 PM)... Nov 11 2011, 12:04 AM Roby72 At which time they will connect the RTGs to the sp... Nov 11 2011, 05:36 AM djellison Next week. Nov 11 2011, 07:29 AM Oersted Thanks for the info Doug. Nov 11 2011, 08:31 PM cIclops Getting ready for launch!
http://youtu.be/vmn... Nov 18 2011, 10:34 AM pospa MMRTG has been installed yesterday (2011-11-17).
T... Nov 18 2011, 02:00 PM ElkGroveDan "There must have been some magic in that old ... Nov 18 2011, 06:18 PM nprev Very glad that this particular hat is firmly bolte... Nov 18 2011, 10:38 PM elakdawalla Launch delay by one day, to replace suspect batte... Nov 19 2011, 09:32 PM nprev Glad they caught this fairly early, as such things... Nov 19 2011, 09:39 PM ugordan QUOTE (nprev @ Nov 19 2011, 10:39 PM) Doe... Nov 19 2011, 10:10 PM Stu Oh NO!!! I'll be at work! It w... Nov 19 2011, 09:44 PM Explorer1 It says 'flight termination system battery... Nov 19 2011, 10:10 PM nprev Ah. Thanks, guys.
For some odd reason that seems ... Nov 19 2011, 10:31 PM ugordan It could be because the requirements for the FTS s... Nov 19 2011, 10:35 PM nprev Good point, G. There is a fairly significant metro... Nov 19 2011, 10:39 PM James Sorenson Question: After browsing through the KSC Multimedi... Nov 23 2011, 05:07 AM Oersted The cooling circuit is surely well-insulated. As f... Nov 23 2011, 01:01 PM nprev Not sure of the methods employed, but I'm cert... Nov 23 2011, 01:17 PM Leither http://planetaryprotection.nasa.gov/methods/
prov... Nov 24 2011, 10:03 PM pospa Another potential planetary protection "issue... Dec 5 2011, 08:38 AM nprev No, not at all. Dec 5 2011, 10:35 AM |
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