Tim Peake : Good Luck Tomorrow

[CoffmanStarter]

Good luck with a safe ascent flight tomorrow and then a safe mission with your other crew colleagues Tim.

https://spaceflightuk.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/15143017357_34869b606d_b.jpg?w=672&h=372&crop=1

PS. Don't forget to log your flight time from 'Brakes Off' :eek:

[Stitchbitch]

"Floppy jockey to Astronaut in one easy lesson.." Well done and good luck Tim and crew, it's been a long process but worth it when they light the candle!

[Wander00]

Bon voyage, safe landing

[thunderbird7]

Good stuff! Keeping space alive - hope he's taken some potatoes though ;)

[Load Toad]

....and he's taking a Stoke City FC flag with him - good lad.

[ORAC]

hope he's taken some potatoes though Is that what they refer to as an a borschted launch......

[Chris Kebab]

A brown job astronaut, marvellous - is rather one in the eye for the junior service:ok:

A truly fantastic achievement.

Fly safe.

[ORAC]

Yeah, but as pointed out in "The Right Stuff", once they binned the X-15 and decided to use rockets, they'd didn't need pilots any more - the first ones in space were the monkeys........

[MOSTAFA]

Who keeps letting him out? Or is it day release Monday!

I thought this was about patting a fellow ex Army Pilot and damn good man on the back and wishing him Good luck.

Tim, good luck my friend and old colleague. I'm sure you will but spare a thought for our other 'Tim' (Project Juno Cosmonaut) who came so close and is sadly no longer with us when you get there.

[jindabyne]

Bon Voyage Tim Peake! :ok:

[ORAC]

Should be okay, they've just had a priest bless the rocket......

[Wander00]

Rocket, orifice, priest, finger..........no, would not do that would he................

[JointShiteFighter]

Godspeed, Sir!

[reds & greens]

Don't recall meeting the Gent, don't need to;
Utmost respect, God speed, from a member of the 'Junior Service'

[CoffmanStarter]

For those members interested ... BBC2 Horizon Special now on iPlayer ... Worth a watch :ok:

BBC iPlayer - Horizon Tim Peake Special: How to be an Astronaut (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0327fp0/horizon-tim-peake-special-how-to-be-an-astronaut)

[Thud_and_Blunder]

ISTR that before this Tim there was another who trained as a Cosmonaut, but ended up as the backup to that nice Ms Sharman from the Mars factory. If this Tim is as good as Maj Mace then we couldn't have sent someone better into space. Very best wishes from another ex-Junior Service member... even if there was a Royal Air Force before there was an Army Air Corps, the latter has produced more qualified space travellers than the other services combined :ok:

[Lima Juliet]

Yes, RIP Tim Mace, taken just over a year ago...:sad:

http://www.rocketstem.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sharman-JUNO-.jpg

Pictured here with our FIRST astronaut - Helen Sharman OBE.

[Lima Juliet]

By the way, both British Space Shuttle astronauts Piers Sellars and Nicholas Patrick learned to fly with the RAF. So technically, the Army Air Corps come in 3rd place...:ok:

http://www.webmaster-tool.co.uk/flag-animated/UK-Air-Force-Chief-RAF-Missions.gif

[t43562]

By the way, both British Space Shuttle astronauts Piers Sellars and Nicholas Patrick learned to fly with the RAF. So technically, the Army Air Corps come in 3rd place...:ok:

Isn't that 4th place with Mars Inc leading the way?

[CoffmanStarter]

Hopefully once Tim get's himself settled into his 17,000 mph 6 months 'Holding Pattern' ... He might join us here on PPRuNe for a chat ... It's not like we get too many 'out of this world' contributions :}

[Bergerie1]

Coff,
Excellent idea!

[Chris Kebab]

Neat idea; but the thing is....he's probably got a life!!

[JointShiteFighter]

Chris, are you suggesting that the average PPRuNer doesn't have a life? ;)

[MOSTAFA]

What a load of co*k LJ

That's an Army Flying Badge Tim Peake is wearing - how's about you showing us from your very long and boring list of reasons why none of the others you so pathetically trot are not sporting an RAF set of wings on a flight suit, as they go about making history in space.

If you have an axe to grind with the media - take it up with them don't bore us with your juvenile willy waving. Personally I don't care which service he comes from he's a colleague and a damn fine officer.

Good luck Tim, as I said on a previous post - spare a thought for our other Tim, sadly no longer with us. I sure you planned to anyway.

[DirtyProp]

Congrats to the First Brit in space!

J.K. Leon...:p

[Martin the Martian]

I seem to recall back in the 1980s that there was a light blue pilot selected for training with NASA for the shuttle before Challenger changed everything.

[Courtney Mil]

Just watched the launch. Wow! It's always a thrilling thing to see, even on television. Bon Voyage, Tim.

[wiggy]

Just watched the BBC coverage, Amazing footage both internal and external...but perhaps it would have been even better if the two non-astronaut presenters ( who are normally very good) had indulged in a bit of STFU, especially at critical moments and let those pictures speak for themselves............Chris Hadfield said more with less, and with better timing.

[chopper2004]

Just watched lift off, good luck Tim :) safe journey:)

When Helen Sharman got her chance, I think were two in the 90s but did not get through the final final selection, one was FAA and the other being AAC.

Btw does anyone know what a/c Tim did his preview on during ETPS?

cheers

[BEagle]

A pity that the BBC coverage was rather orientated towards children and it wasn't possible to hear the background comms. But at least that'll have motivated a few towards something more interesting than the latest wretched iPhone.

To put the record straight and hopefully to end this puerile pongo willy-waving, here are the facts:

30 years ago, Ronnie Reagan offered 4 payload specialist opportunities to the UK. The three services each supplied an astronaut candidate to the Skynet 4 shuttle programme. A civil servant was also selected from the MoD. Their job was to have entailed looking after the satellites in orbit and carrying out general crew duties.

Squadron Leader Nigel Wood RAF was assigned to the Skynet 4A mission with Lieutenant Colonel Richard Farrimond as his back-up. Commander Peter Longhurst RN was assigned to the Skynet 4B flight with Christopher Holmes, the MoD civil servant, acting as his back-up.

Unfortunately, the 1986 Challenger disaster put an end to the UK's first venture into manned spaceflight.

Although we did have OSLO on our squadron - nicknamed 'Outer Space Liaison Officer' as he was barking mad! Quite a few Flt Cdrs have also nearly made it into low earth orbit, although none with the benefit of a space vehicle!

[622]

Quick question here..


On the TV program the other night it showed them having their seats made to fit each astronaut in the capsule.


What happens when the previous crew return to earth....does their capsule stay attached the whole time to the ISS or do the astronauts take out the seat 'liners' and fit them to the capsule when its their turn!


..probably asking a stupid question...:confused:

[wiggy]

622
I think I'd read somewhere a while back that on occasions the couches are indeed switched but can't find a source so that may be total ******s.

I personally think part of the reason there's misunderstanding over who "was" first" is that Helen Sharman fairly quickly disappeared from view after her flight. Whether that was down to the lack of long term funding for the project (Project Juno very nearly didn't happen due to a lack of funding) or her choice I don't know (to be fair Neil Armstrong attracted a fair bit of flack, even from other Astronauts, for doing much the same post Apollo 11).

[MOSTAFA]

Beagle, I could not agree more with your reference to the children orientated coverage albeit, hopefully that spark just might inspire one of the little souls onto greater things. I thought having the astronaut there explaining was a very good idea.

As for putting the records straight I am sure you are 100% right in what, may well have been, had it happened; but it didn’t, I do concur, through no fault of their own. My comments are as a result of LJ’s comments on this thread and the other one going on entitled First Briton in space. With hindsight I should have made that point clear. I certainly did not start the willy waving, Pongo or Crab albeit, now he is in space I should point out to LJ, we pongo’s, as you like to refer to us - now have a willy to wave.

What didn’t happen 30 years ago does not alter the price of fish one single iota, I know I am repeating myself but, personally I don't care which service he comes from; he's a colleague and I remember him as a damn fine Officer. Good luck Tim.

[CoffmanStarter]

Nice launch Tim and Crew :D

http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af162/CoffmanStarter/IMG_1324_zpspp9zimk0.jpg

Photo Credit : ROSCOSMOS & NASA

Mind you the above pic during the pre-flight with the FRC's did have me thinking for one moment ;)

Fuel ... ... ... ON

Brakes ... ... ... ON

Throttle ... ... ... CLOSED

Switches ... ... ... OFF

With Tim then opening the porthole and shouting 'Clear Prop ... CONTACT'

:ok:

For those that missed the launch and/or interested in the background Tech Comms ...

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[622]

I could watch that stuff for hours...better than Xfactorpopidolstarsinthereeyes!


Interesting bit at 9min 48secs, I wonder what the LH seat occupant was about to push!:O

[pasta]

Wiggy - yep, the couches (the moulded parts, at least) are switched; I think Michael Foale discusses it in Dragonfly.

When he flew, the Soyuz had an on-orbit lifetime of something like 6 months; for the longer-duration missions, they'd fly up a crew in a new Soyuz, who would then return in the older one (which is also how the various ISS "space tourists" got their flights). I think I read that the on-orbit lifetime has now been extended to 12 months, but could be wrong about that...

[Heathrow Harry]

Congrats to the First Brit in space!

J.K. Leon...:p"

he's not of course - only the first one the Govt paid for

To date, six British-born astronauts and one non-British born UK citizen have flown in space:

Helen Sharman went up in May 1991 - a mere 24 years ago..............

As of November 2015, people from 40 countries (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_space_travel_by_nationality) have traveled in space.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_travelers_by_nationality#cite_note-1)
540 people have reached Earth orbit. 543 have reached the altitude of space according to the FAI definition of the boundary of space, and 549 people have reached the altitude of space according to the American definition. Only 24 people have traveled beyond low Earth orbit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lunar_astronauts).

Of the 37 countries whose citizens have traveled into Earth orbit, 26 have only flown a single space traveler, and 3 others have only flown 2 each.

Over 94% of all space travelers have been contributed by the following eight nations:

USA 335
Russia 117
Germany 11
China 10
japan 10
Canada 9
France 9

Italy 7


The rest 32

[pulse1]

Congratulations to Tim Peake - I believe he is the first red head in space!

[glad rag]

SpaceX's Elon Musk to Reveal Mars Colonization Ideas This Year (http://www.space.com/28215-elon-musk-spacex-mars-colony-idea.html)

[wiggy]

pulse

I believe he is the first red head in space!

Not even close, for example.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Schweickart

[pulse1]

You are right. I think it must be that he is the first to spend time in the space station. According to an article I read they will be checking to see if he reacts differently to radiation.

[Lima Juliet]

MOSTAFA

Suck it up, buttercup...

RAF-Trained Pilot Prepares For Shuttle Mission To Space Station (http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive.cfm?storyid=96CCD384-9C40-9604-1358F16D73C48181)

”I am delighted to be able to take the RAF flag into space – I learned to fly with the RAF while studying engineering at Cambridge and feel the Service encouraged my love of flying and I have been flying ever since. Today I am a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and have managed to log more than 1,900 hours in 20 types of aeroplane and helicopter, including 800 as a flight instructor”

...Nick Patrick even took a RAF ensign with him to the ISS when he went there in the Space Shuttle in 2006.

LJ :cool:

[Genstabler]

BEagle
hopefully to end this puerile pongo willy-waving

I haven't detected much pongo willy-waving. A lot of crabs are waving theirs though.

[ralphmalph]

UAS....yep. He must have RAF wings then.

Clearly if you fly with a UAS you get the brevet....the other services have to pass a course.

Sounds very RAF

What a stupid argument.

[MAINJAFAD]

Channel 4 News's coverage has a bit more of the technical talk, plus explains that the LES Tower is the first part of the Soyuz stack to be jettisoned (I was wondering what the item was that came off the rocket just before the boosters came off).

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[The B Word]

@ralphmalph

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y132/apurnell1970/vic_bob_handbags.jpg

[CoffmanStarter]

So, Tim is just about to get out his FRC's to run through his pre landing checks ... MFFHHB and all that ... Happy Landing and well done on what appears to have been a very successful mission ... Especially as far as inspiring the younger generation with the science and engineering aspects of space flight.

Well done that man :D:D:D:D

[ORAC]

I note that, upholding army standards, he has a driver chappie chauffeuring him both ways.....

[Wander00]

Safe trip down

[MOSTAFA]

ORAC, he is a graduate of the Central Flying School and a graduate of ETPS albeit, I don't think he or any of them come to that, have much piloting to do either going, or coming back.

What precisely is it with comments like that? If it's supposed to be banter it isn't.

Good luck Tim and well done mate, maybe a beer or 2 in town next month.

[treadigraph]

Cor, six months already, wonder if it has gone as quickly for him...?

[Tankertrashnav]

I was listening to Helen Sharman talking about the landing, which by all accounts is pretty bone-shaking. She said they were briefed to make sure they were not talking as they were landing as there was a very real danger of biting their tongues off! Good luck Tim and the others!

ORAC - I thought your comment was ok. A reference I assume to the early RFC days when the observer (an officer) sat in the back and a corporal sat in the front and drove the thing ;)

[NutLoose]

MOSTAFA, it is called humour, but it appears to have gone straight over your head, a bit like Tim Peake, on multiple occasions each day :E


Good luck on descent Tim, stay safe

[Wander00]

TTN - a bit like the AAC now then.......hat, coat......

[Jumping_Jack]

MOSTAFA, Calm down dear!:rolleyes:

[ShyTorque]

ORAC, he is a graduate of the Central Flying School and a graduate of ETPS albeit, I don't think he or any of them come to that, have much piloting to do either going, or coming back.

What precisely is it with comments like that? If it's supposed to be banter it isn't.

Take a chill pill, dear, it's only a commercial.

[Two's in]

If you know the banter, the real question is why he didn't take a Labrador with him, never mind having a driver...

[ORAC]

Because it would have interferred the cat powering the anti-gravity machine. Obviously....

[NutLoose]

Have you ever seen weightless Labrador poo? and just think of the 6 month supply of poo bags.

Lifting the Lab into space wouldn't be that difficult, after all they lifted SkyLab, but just imagine the logistics in getting the tree or lamp post up there too.

You obviously haven't thought it through Two's In.

[pasta]

Lifting the Lab into space wouldn't be that difficult, after all they lifted SkyLab, but just imagine the logistics in getting the tree or lamp post up there too.
Not that straightforward; they damaged it in the process of getting it up, and subsequently dropped it on an Australian cow.

[Haraka]

Well, I waved to him when he flew overhead of us down here on the equator , and do you know what ,typical pongo - he didn't wave back.
Seriously .Fantastic show Major Tim,you have done yourself proud , as those AAC mates of ours who know you knew you would. Safe return!

[NutLoose]

Quote:
Lifting the Lab into space wouldn't be that difficult, after all they lifted SkyLab, but just imagine the logistics in getting the tree or lamp post up there too.



Not that straightforward; they damaged it in the process of getting it up, and subsequently dropped it on an Australian cow.

Still would be a quicker death for an Australian cow than at the hands of Vietnamese with a sledgehammer, if you do not know what I mean, google the news.

[FODPlod]

Safe return, Major Tim. What an inspiration you've been.

[MPN11]

I'll just wish Maj Peake a safe return, without any hyperbole ;)

[ORAC]

A very down to earth remark....

[Dan Gerous]

Any times for detaching from the ISS and the landing? Might try to catch it on the HDEV if they keep it switched on.

[ShyTorque]

All banter apart, I wish you a soft landing, TP!

[NDW]

Concur with all comments above.

What a truly inspirational and motivational chap! It's been thoroughly enjoyable to view his pics on Facebook and even more so enjoyable watching the NASA live-stream of his landing.:ok:


Safe landing!.

[Dan Gerous]

He's back safe and sound. Well done.

[ORAC]

Now for the dangerous bit - the helicopter ride.....

[Wander00]

Brilliant, congratulations and a great achievement all round

[Brewers Droop]

Fantastic Tim. Utterly fantastic.:D:D:D:D:

But after the exhilaration of space don't let gravity get you down...... :}

[glad rag]

Top Dog :D:D:D:O:D:D:D:D

[Roly]

Here is a man deserving of a Knighthood, unlike Sir Philip Spleen.......

[skua]

After that re-entry, I think he needs some specific gravity, like say TT Landlord at 4.3%, or Adnams Ghost Ship at 4.5%, or Thwaites Lancaster Bomber at 4.4%....

[Rwy in Sight]

Will he be able to vote on Thursday?

Good job Sir..

[Thomas coupling]

It doesnt auger well for future space travel does it, really?
He looked pale and weak and borderline emaciated. What hope those who travel further afield for longer? What would an astronaut look like on arriving at a planet? Unable to climb out of the spacecraft perhaps, unable to walk if there is any gravity!
They would only be able to gloat thru the window then press the return to home button.
That is assuming they have survived being shot to pieces by cosmic rays en route and riddled with cancer. Psychopaths due to the loneliness. And then finding that the circuit board that prepares them for the return journey is charred and damaged and they are stuck there until the oxygen runs out.
Good luck guys.

[Tankertrashnav]

Here is a man deserving of a Knighthood, unlike Sir Philip Spleen.......

Hear, hear! I am imagining a ceremony where the loathsome Green hands back his gong to HM, who immediately bestows it on (Sir) Tim.

[skua]

Had the misfortune to meet the Fat Green Midget a few years back. He is every bit as loathsome as his TV appearance last week implied. He is a testament to the dishonour of Blair's honours gravy train....

[Roly]

Loved Tim's line about when going to the loo, that gravity is your friend.....

[Geordie_Expat]

Had the misfortune to meet the Fat Green Midget a few years back. He is every bit as loathsome as his TV appearance last week implied. He is a testament to the dishonour of Blair's honours gravy train....

And the relevance to the thread is ???

[MATELO]

He is going back up again...

British astronaut Tim Peake to return space on a second mission (http://news.sky.com/story/british-astronaut-tim-peake-to-return-space-on-a-second-mission-10743103)

[thunderbird7]

Is he taking the gorilla suit back up?