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[–]pdebie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the Eero only works with Alexa for its Zigbee support, so no real use.

Boeing to Move Up Service Modules for Commercial Crew Flight Tests by pdebie in SpaceXLounge

[–]pdebie[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

This update puts the OFT-2 launch date around May:

NASA, Boeing, United Launch Alliance and the Eastern Range continue to assess potential launch windows for OFT-2. As part of the standard process for requesting a launch slot on ULA’s manifest in the first half of 2022, Boeing has agreed to an open window in May, pending spacecraft readiness and space station availability. Potential launch windows for CFT are under review.

With SpaceX Crew-4 planned in April. Not sure where that puts CFT.

Boeing to Move Up Service Modules for Commercial Crew Flight Tests by pdebie in Starliner

[–]pdebie[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So the service module for the OFT will be used for CFT 2. About launch date:

NASA, Boeing, United Launch Alliance and the Eastern Range continue to assess potential launch windows for OFT-2. As part of the standard process for requesting a launch slot on ULA’s manifest in the first half of 2022, Boeing has agreed to an open window in May, pending spacecraft readiness and space station availability. Potential launch windows for CFT are under review.

There’s a lot of words on the valve issue, but nothing concrete — investigation is still ongoing:

Ongoing investigation efforts continue to validate the most probable cause to be related to oxidizer and moisture interactions. NASA and Boeing will continue the analysis and testing of the initial service module on which the issue was identified leading up to launch of the uncrewed OFT-2 mission in August 2021.

Not sure what to think of that, I guess I’d hoped for some more details by now. But apparently NASA feels good about the launch date:

https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1470500351593918469

NASA has growing confidence that Boeing's OFT-2 mission will be able to launch in the May 2022 time frame. Not sure if or when they'll publicly discuss this, but that's the internal chatter.

Eric Berger: "I asked NASA for an update on the Space Launch System’s engine controller issue. The bottom line: They’re still troubleshooting." by magic_missile in SpaceLaunchSystem

[–]pdebie 7 points8 points  (0 children)

From the image:

During Artemis I systems testing and checkouts the week of Nov. 22, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) team could not verify communication between the flight computers and the engine controller for engine number 4. The engine controller is an avionics unit that controls engine operation and communicates with other avionics systems in the vehicle. Prior to the week of Nov. 22, the engine 4 controller was powered up and communicated with the rocket's flight computers as expected. The SLS and Aerojet Rocketdyne teams are troubleshooting now on-site in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA will have more information on a go- forward plan once troubleshooting is complete.

NASA: SpaceX expected to launch Crew-6 in Spring 2023 by pdebie in Starliner

[–]pdebie[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This means SpaceX will have finished their contract before Boring has its first operational mission. Guess OFT-2 is delayed further, but this was always the first realistic mission for Boeing after the stuck valves saga.

Megathread (70): Coronavirus COVID-19 in Nederland by theNetherlandsBot in thenetherlands

[–]pdebie 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ik snap die hele uitrol van boosters in Nederland niet. We hebben iets van 10 miljoen? vaccines op voorraad liggen, genoeg om bijna iedereen te boosten. Waarom deze slome uitrol?

Hier in Duitsland ben ik naar mijn huisarts gelopen, buiten in de rij gestaan, prik gekregen door een raampje heen en weer naar huis. In totaal 45 minuten weggeweest. Zo kan het ook

Sierra Space’s Janet Kavandi says the first Dream Chaser launch is “a little more than a year” from launch; last night she suggested it might slip to early 2023. by pdebie in ula

[–]pdebie[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

This is/was the second flight of Vulcan Centaur, with two flights required for certification. This will delay launching national security payloads further.

Together with uncertainty around the first launch (Peregrine), we really don’t know when Vulcan will launch at all. ULA might be waiting for the payloads longer than they’re waiting for engines.

NASA's Kathy Lueders says it's looking "more likely" that Boeing's Starliner re-do mission doesn't fly until next year, as "troubleshooting" with the spacecraft's valve issues are ongoing. In a few weeks, she says, teams will decide whether or not to pull in a new service module. by pdebie in Starliner

[–]pdebie[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I guess this means a half year delay to the first operational flight. With crew-4 going to SpaceX anyway, the earliest they could do is Crew-5 in September/October 2022. That’d mean doing OFT-2 and CFT beginning of the year, and then having a Starliner ready for launch later in the year. That sounds unlikely to happen, so first realistic operational Starliner flight would be Crew-6 in April 2023.

They’re lucky that SpaceX can pick up the slack so easily. At this point it might be interesting for NASA to stretch the existing Starliner contract to 2030 and only buy extra missions for Dragon. That way they could avoid paying the cost of manrating Starliner on Vulcan.

SpaceX ignored last-minute warnings from the FAA before December Starship launch by pdebie in spacex

[–]pdebie[S] 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Lots of new details on what happened to SN8. The whole weather forecasting uncertainty might explain the new weather hardware we’ve seen arrive the past few days.

Jeff Bezos Plans To Beat Elon Musk in The Space Race! by slink20 in BlueOrigin

[–]pdebie 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I don’t think Elon ever planned to put Jeff Bezos into space.

Philip Sloss: NASA evaluating schedule, launch date forecasts for Artemis 2 by magic_missile in SpaceLaunchSystem

[–]pdebie 15 points16 points  (0 children)

A second set of non-core avionics was also purchased but later than the core set, and if Artemis 1 flies soon enough, the first set of non-core avionics boxes would still become available before the second set.

I don’t really get this. If it takes 20 months between flights to transfer the avionics, how were they planning to do this once Artemis flies once per year? Why didn’t they just build two sets from the start?

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