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Forum: Space Flight and Operations
28th Feb 2024, 19:47
Replies: 59
Views: 3,341
Posted By wiggy

Not sure if the conference will be on catch up on...

Not sure if the conference will be on catch up on NASA TV but this Guardian report summaries much of what was said:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/28/reawaken-moon-lander-odysseus
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
28th Feb 2024, 18:22
Replies: 59
Views: 3,341
Posted By wiggy

FWIW NASA TV currently (Wednesday 1900 UTC)...

FWIW NASA TV currently (Wednesday 1900 UTC) running a presser featuring the IM CEO and various NASA officials.

Everybody seems to very much on message with a common POV that despite the tilt on...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
28th Feb 2024, 16:10
Replies: 59
Views: 3,341
Posted By wiggy

All is slowly being revealed: Full...

All is slowly being revealed:



Full article here:

Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/it-turns-out-that-odysseus-landed-on-the-moon-without-any-altimetry-data/)
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
27th Feb 2024, 12:35
Replies: 59
Views: 3,341
Posted By wiggy

TURIN: " Dropping a 'Curiosity' type rover...

TURIN:

" Dropping a 'Curiosity' type rover on the moon would have been hugely expensive and considering the latitude and rocky terrain, not a particularly good idea."

Costly yes, but wheeled...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
27th Feb 2024, 09:26
Replies: 59
Views: 3,341
Posted By wiggy

I think we need to be a bit careful about...

I think we need to be a bit careful about painting this as public sector bad, private good, or vice versa..

Remember (?) NASA has rarely if ever built spacecraft….historically they set the project...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
26th Feb 2024, 18:02
Replies: 59
Views: 3,341
Posted By wiggy

What Next: "These have the advantage that...

What Next:

"These have the advantage that they can hover in an actively controlled vertical attitude, as demonstrated in at least one Starship test flight, until there is no more horizontal...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
26th Feb 2024, 16:40
Replies: 59
Views: 3,341
Posted By wiggy

Odysseus imaged from orbit by the Lunar...

Odysseus imaged from orbit by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).

"Odysseus came to rest at 80.13°S, 1.44°E (https://bit.ly/49polH5), 2579 m elevation, within a degraded one-kilometer diameter...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
26th Feb 2024, 15:46
Replies: 59
Views: 3,341
Posted By wiggy

Interesting point....now talking of high C of G's...

Interesting point....now talking of high C of G's and landing gear any thoughts on Space X Starship as the lander for Artemis..............................................
...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
26th Feb 2024, 12:45
Replies: 59
Views: 3,341
Posted By wiggy

“But of course, if you want to reinvent the wheel...

“But of course, if you want to reinvent the wheel by building a spacecraft with a very high centre of gravity and a narrow landing gear, spaceflight suddenly becomes difficult again.”

As I...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
26th Feb 2024, 12:01
Replies: 59
Views: 3,341
Posted By wiggy

Agree very much with Recc's final comment: ...

Agree very much with Recc's final comment:

"The design challenge of building this type of spacecraft to a commercial budget are immense; it is still a very impressive accomplishment."

There's a...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
24th Feb 2024, 14:56
Replies: 59
Views: 3,341
Posted By wiggy

Yep, Just seen comment attributed to the CEO that...

Yep, Just seen comment attributed to the CEO that in the moments before touchdown the vehicle had a higher rate of decent than planned and also a small horizontal rate (it should have had none)…
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
24th Feb 2024, 14:22
Replies: 59
Views: 3,341
Posted By wiggy

Lots of parts of the Moon, even in the Lunar...

Lots of parts of the Moon, even in the Lunar highlands, are relatively flat.

I suppose the answer to your question might be that the designers were confident their fancy automated landing system...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
24th Feb 2024, 14:17
Replies: 59
Views: 3,341
Posted By wiggy

Once Apollo 12 demonstrated spot landings were...

Once Apollo 12 demonstrated spot landings were possible later Apollos went into some uneven sites (Apollo14 and 15) and also some very terrain constrained and mountainous sites…(Apollos 16 and 17 in...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
24th Feb 2024, 07:25
Replies: 59
Views: 3,341
Posted By wiggy

I suspect the external camera was the EagleCam...

I suspect the external camera was the EagleCam mentioned just upthread ... that was supposed to be popped off the vehicle at very low altitude to take some pics of the actual lander in flight just...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
23rd Feb 2024, 21:17
Replies: 59
Views: 3,341
Posted By wiggy

Ref the previously mentioned Eaglecam...according...

Ref the previously mentioned Eaglecam...according to a press release sadly it wasn't deployed before touchdown.


"EagleCam Update: Camera System Deployment ForthcomingDue to complications with...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
23rd Feb 2024, 15:51
Replies: 59
Views: 3,341
Posted By wiggy

netstruggler: "I take ORAC's point about...

netstruggler:

"I take ORAC's point about this being a commercial operation and I can see that there's much less general interest now so I guess it wasn't worth the candle."

Might be a cost...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
23rd Feb 2024, 15:47
Replies: 59
Views: 3,341
Posted By wiggy

netstruggler "I take ORAC's point about this...

netstruggler

"I take ORAC's point about this being a commercial operation and I can see that there's much less general interest now so I guess it wasn't worth the candle."

Lack of real time...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
23rd Feb 2024, 12:16
Replies: 59
Views: 3,341
Posted By wiggy

There was never any live video of the actual...

There was never any live video of the actual Apollo landings as viewed from the spacecraft.

If you watched the Apollo landings on TV at the time you actually got pretty much the same presentation...
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