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Just want to let my fellow space nerds know, the Orion spacecraft test launch will be Wednesday. Once they get it going I was curious, who on this forum would actually want to go on it? I think it would be cool to actually be on itand go to Mars, what is your opinion?
Thats a LONGGGG flight, and one way at that! I'd go.
I would be down for it as well, lots of interesting stuff up there
I'm staying on this rock. There are no gun stores on Mars.
buffalobo
12-01-2014, 10:03
Tempting but I don't fly, so will stay on Terra firma.
HoneyBadger
12-01-2014, 10:18
Just want to let my fellow space nerds know, the Orion spacecraft test launch will be Wednesday. Once they get it going I was curious, who on this forum would actually want to go on it? I think it would be cool to actually be on itand go to Mars, what is your opinion?
No thanks. I love space and all that jazz (I work in the space industry), but that would be a really long, lonely, and personally unfulfilling trip. I'd rather enjoy life here with my family and not worry about dying alone on a distant planet. [Dunno]
Also, for those interested, SpaceflightNow has a launch schedule and details of all planned launches through 2015.
http://spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html
What do you do in the space industry?
HoneyBadger
12-01-2014, 10:37
What do you do in the space industry?
Satellite stuff. :)
I work with the AEHF constellation.... Nothing too exciting, but it's a good start.
Ah. Just curious, I work on the Osiris-Rex program.
Satellite stuff. :)
I work with the AEHF constellation.... Nothing too exciting, but it's a good start.
Ah. Just curious, I work on the Osiris-Rex program.
Kewl.
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/advanced-extremely-high-frequency--aehf-.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/osiris-rex/#.VHydgjHF-L0
I guess I shouldn't be surprised to see other space industry guys on a firearms board.
cmailliard
12-01-2014, 12:01
One of the coolest things I ever got to do was ride on the Reduced Gravity Aircraft at Johnson Space Center. We were doing experiments for the HUNCH program. Warren Tech High School (JeffCo) has two of their experiments going to the ISS for the Astronauts to work on. One is a plant experiment the other is the one I was a part of - How do you cook and egg in reduced gravity. As part of the week long Houston trip we got many behind the scenes tours of JSC. Here are a few pics I was able to take. We actually got to see the parachute assembly of Orion and a mockup of Orion for the engineers used for design testing and engineering. Got to meet Chris Cassidy as he was coming out of the Neutral Buoyancy Lab. He was training for his mission to the ISS.
I am looking forward to Orion. Spaceflight is awesome, I would pay more in taxes every year if it went only to the space program. This is one thing that should never go away, human beings are explorers and we should never stop.
Docking Collar for Orion - Johnson Space Center (This was a close as we could get)
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Food Lab at Johnson Space Center - Pretty cool what they do there, example - they have to take the salt off of the crackers before packaging them.
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Next Generation Spacesuit Template
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ISS Mission Control
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Drugs for the flight
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Oh wow! Very cool post! Thanks for sharing.
HoneyBadger
12-01-2014, 12:46
OSIRIS-REx Looks pretty cool. Are you on contract until the scheduled return? What sort of work do you do specifically (if you don't mind my asking)?
I guess I shouldn't be surprised to see other space industry guys on a firearms board.
Yeah? and what do you do?
[Coffee]
Spaceflight is awesome, I would pay more in taxes every year if it went only to the space program. This is one thing that should never go away, human beings are explorers and we should never stop.
Cool story and pics, dude. I totally agree with your statement above. It really frustrates me that people want to ditch space exploration or slash the budget, but companies like SpaceX give me a major hard-on because they are leading the way in spaceflight innovation, and as a bonus, they are (technically) a private company. Maybe I have a man-crush on Elon Musk. So what. [Dunno]
RblDiver
12-01-2014, 12:47
I would have enjoyed joining that Mars One project, even though I know I'm probably a horrible candidate for space travel :P Oh well.
OSIRIS-REx Looks pretty cool. Are you on contract until the scheduled return? What sort of work do you do specifically (if you don't mind my asking)?
Yeah? and what do you do?
[Coffee]
Cool story and pics, dude. I totally agree with your statement above. It really frustrates me that people want to ditch space exploration or slash the budget, but companies like SpaceX give me a major hard-on because they are leading the way in spaceflight innovation, and as a bonus, they are (technically) a private company. Maybe I have a man-crush on Elon Musk. So what. [Dunno]
I'm on loan to Osiris while they work on my clearance, but I've also put in a request to work on trident missiles so hopefully that will go through. I am a technician so I am the one who actually builds sub assemblies and the spacecraft. Right now we are working on the sample return canister and the arm that picks up the asteroid sample.
HoneyBadger
12-01-2014, 13:28
I'm on loan to Osiris while they work on my clearance, but I've also put in a request to work on trident missiles so hopefully that will go through. I am a technician so I am the one who actually builds sub assemblies and the spacecraft. Right now we are working on the sample return canister and the arm that picks up the asteroid sample.
That's awesome dude. I would love to have a job like that. Do you have an engineering or space-related degree?
Hey honey badger small world. I got to design and herd a bunch of the front end RF stuff on that bird. Enjoy AEHF, probably one of the last "battle star Galactica" sized birds ever.
HoneyBadger
12-01-2014, 14:31
Hey honey badger small world. I got to design and herd a bunch of the front end RF stuff on that bird. Enjoy AEHF, probably one of the last "battle star Galactica" sized birds ever.
[Beer]
That's awesome dude. I would love to have a job like that. Do you have an engineering or space-related degree?
It has it's good and bad days. Everything is crazy expensive, so there isn't any room for mistakes. I went through the airframe portion of an aircraft mechanic school years ago, but just an engineering associates degree. The guy I got hired in with had no experience whatsoever so I think it's more of a who you know type of thing unfortunately. I'd love to take some pictures for you guys, but that's a big no no here.
Yeah? and what do you do?
[Coffee]
I work for a sub-contractor doing graphic support, and lately, some network analysis, for the AFSCN.
Nothing nearly as cool as what you guys are talking about, that's for sure.
HoneyBadger
12-01-2014, 15:22
I work for a sub-contractor doing graphic support, and lately, some network analysis, for the AFSCN RBC project.
Nothing nearly as cool as what you guys are talking about, that's for sure.
Neato. Can you please fix AFSCN? [LOL]
I'm not a miracle worker.
:(
HoneyBadger
12-01-2014, 15:39
I'm not a miracle worker.
:(
This made me laugh out loud in my office and everyone wanted to know what that was about... so I had to show them. They laughed too. [ROFL1]
1st wife's cousin's kid (Robert) works for NASA at JSC. Was working with main propulsion for the shuttles. Had the misfortune to be working the re-entry for Columbia when it burned up on re-entry. He's now the main engine lead for Project Morpheus.
The robonaut program is really cool. Sending autonomous robots to a destination with the idea of having them build infrastructure in advance of astronauts is where the future of exploration is IMO. The robonauts are a cross-development program with NASA and GM. Won't need much human interaction with auto manufacturing some day. Rob mentioned a demo he watched where the parts for a GM door assembly were dumped on a bench. The robonaut identified the parts in the pile and selected the parts in order and put the door together without human intervention.
http://morpheuslander.jsc.nasa.gov
http://youtu.be/1M5qS0Y3tDw
theGinsue
12-01-2014, 21:15
Thats a LONGGGG flight, and one way at that! I'd go.
Don't be so quick with that decision...I've blocked all of the interstellar IP Addresses to cut down on extra-terrestrial spammers. You wouldn't be able to get onto the site anymore.
HoneyBadger
12-01-2014, 21:18
That's pretty cool, Gman. I had never heard of Project Morpheus before now.
Don't be so quick with that decision...I've blocked all of the interstellar IP Addresses to cut down on extra-terrestrial spammers. You wouldn't be able to get onto the site anymore.
Now that gives new meaning to illegal alien...[LOL]
theGinsue
12-01-2014, 21:40
I work in the space industry
I guess I shouldn't be surprised to see other space industry guys on a firearms board.
HB knows I'm part of this niche too. Many of you might actually be customers for my workplace.
Curious how many of us work @ Schriever that could get together @ the JNIC cafeteria for lunch some day.
Neato. Can you please fix AFSCN? [LOL]
Oh good heavens yes. Until recently I was the sole admin for the AFSCN's largest DCC user. Glad that after 7 years I finally passed that baton to a group of unwitting suckers.
Aloha_Shooter
12-01-2014, 21:41
I'd go in a heartbeat. I'd like to fill up my ereader and portable hard drives with entertainment material but would love to go where no man has gone before.
HoneyBadger
12-01-2014, 21:59
HB knows I'm part of this niche too. Many of you might actually be customers for my workplace.
Curious how many of us work @ Schriever that could get together @ the JNIC cafeteria for lunch some day.
JNIC? I eat at The Dish! [LOL]
I'd go in a heartbeat... ...to lunch at the JNIC? ;)
theGinsue
12-01-2014, 22:06
JNIC? I eat at The Dish! [LOL]
Even as a retiree, I'm only allowed to eat the lunch meal @ the Dish on weekends or holidays. Because I'm a cheap bugger I go to the JNIC about twice a year (bring my lunch every day) - but I'd make an exception for COAR folks.
For the record, unless you could get me a hyperspace capable vehicle, I have no interest in traveling within the "final frontier".
Check out the robonauts latest set of legs. Ugh creepy. ..
HoneyBadger
12-01-2014, 22:17
Even as a retiree, I'm only allowed to eat the lunch meal @ the Dish on weekends or holidays. Because I'm a cheap bugger I go to the JNIC about twice a year (bring my lunch every day) - but I'd make an exception for COAR folks.
Yeah, I always bring my lunch. The Dish is cheap, but it's not very healthy. I'd love to meet up sometime over lunch. :)
Check out the robonauts latest set of legs. Ugh creepy. ..
Purpose built to hang onto the ISS. We'd look pretty weird if we had different sets of legs depending on what we needed to do that day. [panic]
http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/11210919906_c7db8cc65e.jpg
ETA: Links
http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasas-robonaut-legs-headed-for-international-space-station/
I'm fully capable of searching on my own, but I don't really know what you guys are talking about (from the first post to the last). Could you guys post up some links?
Aloha_Shooter
12-02-2014, 10:04
...to lunch at the JNIC? ;)
Pffft! I'd rather take a one-way trip to Mars than eat lunch there!
I work in 2SOPS/GPS and would be down for a lunch If I'm on shift.
Yeah, I always bring my lunch. The Dish is cheap, but it's not very healthy. I'd love to meet up sometime over lunch. :)
HB knows I'm part of this niche too. Many of you might actually be customers for my workplace.
Curious how many of us work @ Schriever that could get together @ the JNIC cafeteria for lunch some day.
I've only been out to Schriever once for an orientation tour. Pretty much anything I need from you guys is stuff that's already collected on behalf of the contract, so there's no perceived need for me to go, and no chance for lunch with you guys.
Oh good heavens yes. Until recently I was the sole admin for the AFSCN's largest DCC user. Glad that after 7 years I finally passed that baton to a group of unwitting suckers.
Ha!
I bet you'd be able to fill in some serious gaps in my knowledge set...
anyone have a time for launch yet?
Thursday the 4th at 7:05 am EST
HoneyBadger
12-03-2014, 10:24
anyone have a time for launch yet?
Here is a live-feed with coverage on the launch. Pretty boring right now, but it should be a bit more exciting in the hour leading up to the launch and an hour or so afterwards.
http://spaceflightnow.com/2014/12/03/orion-eft1-mission-status-center/
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