Details You Might Have Missed From NASA & SpaceX's Launch Of Astronauts
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2020
- All the big stories have been told, but there's a lot of equally interesting little stories about the mission, facts and observations, new technology and old traditions. So here's me talking about a bunch of hings you might have missed from the launch.
I love that in order to get to space you have to first drive up a hill, then go up in an elevator, then walk up a flight of stairs, and then it's rocket the rest of the way.
when everyone around you is super surprised at the booster landing and you have to tell them that they've been landing them since late 2015
That chunky "1970's era" phone you spoke of is actually a blast-proof phone. The housing and handset are designed to survive being immersed in rocket exhaust and survive without the need for refurbishment. It used to reside at the base (or shoulder) of the Shuttle crew access arm at the 195 foot level of the Fixed Service Structure of pads 39 A & B. I used to work Shuttle closeout operations and had many a conversation on that handset with the Test Conductors in the Firing Rooms.
The worm logo has aged unbelievably well though. Like that easily could have been designed by a modern team.
My favourite thing of the launch & docking was the way Mission Control kept using the callsign “Dragon” when calling up, and the astronauts kept replying with the new name “Endeavour”. It was like they were politely saying “Hey, wake up, we’ve changed our callsign.”
I was surprised how much bigger Dragon looked from the inside than the outside. Especially when you compare that to the cramped conditions in a Sojuz capsule.
Apollo 15 CSM was named Endeavour. The LM was named Falcon. No one seems to be talking about this naming connection.
I still expect to hear "Bob and Jeb" whenever you say the astronauts' names.
The phones they used to have on the tower were ‘explosion proof’ phones. Not so much that they were designed to survive an explosion (but they probably could since they were very massive and heavy) but that they were designed to not cause an explosion.
Next launch: use blue man group instead of the pad ninjas.
Scott, I worked in the Space Shuttle program for 20 years before retiring in 2010. Hope you don't mind but I have to correct you on something you said about the tank for LOX replenishment being at the top of the Fixed Service Structure (FSS). At the top was the Gaseous Oxygen (GOX) vent arm that vented the GOX from the tank which was LOX. I worked in the LOX facility storage area where the storage tank was and the lox was pumped from there up through the MLP and the Main Engines and then into the Lox tank on External tank of the Shuttle. Hope this helps. Keep up the good work, enjoy all your informational videos.
I like how they must have trained to always fold their hands when they're not actively using the controls so that they don't inadvertently touch something that shouldn't be touched.
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Very interesting, thanks Scott. I've always got loads of questions after one of these things, and you're the only one who answers them. Everyone else just relays the Space X/NASA feed and talks over it, or endlessly repeats the same stuff, you're the only one who gives us the detail and different perspectives.
Scott’s knowledge and the little tidbits that you never hear anywhere else are priceless and part of why Scott Manley’s channel is my personal favorite, in all of RUclips.
Scott: “Oh, there probably won’t be too much good footage in this video, just may face.”
Excellent as always!
I love this sort of information, so thanks for putting it together.
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Really fascinating extra details Scott. Thanks for your work and keep 'em coming!!!