Space X Crew Dragon In flight Abort

Yukon@K-9 Rocket Tech · Jan 19, 2020

Just saw the stream, and it was the best thing after falcon heavy. Time to recreate it with my little version!

Space X stream

My model I want to abort midflight

Was the super dracos pulling away more epic? Or the explosion? All of it. My excitement level is at 1000% right now

Also this means Space X is ahead of beoing and might be able to launch crew soon

Huxter · Jan 19, 2020

Hopefully we'll get better video of the Dragon separating from the booster - the view was too far away to see much detail. The Dragon didn't seem to hesitate - it ripped away immediately!

I liked how the Dragons reaction was all natural! I'm sure the Dragon would say it was "just doin my job"!

https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dragon-in-flight-abort-test-step-by-step.html

"... the second stage carries a mass simulator in place of an engine"

How "Boring"! What? No Cyber Truck?

Mugs914 · Jan 19, 2020

Me: "Mass simulator?????"

NASA: "Yes."

Me: "You mean 'ballast'?"

NASA (With a slightly condescending chuckle): "No... A mass simulator is a non-functioning analogue for a critical piece of flight hardware that is not required in this particular test procedure. It is, however, accurate in all dimensions and in weight."

Me: Oh, I see. It's a dead weight that takes the place of something that will really be there later, but isn't right now."

NASA: "Correct..."

Me: "Ballast..."

NASA: "Mass simulator..."

Me: "Tomayto, tomahto..."

NASA: "MASS simulator..."

MichaelRapp · Jan 19, 2020

I wasn't expecting the fireball in the first stage. I knew it would break apart, but I didn't put "will break apart," "fully fueled," and "we're only 84 seconds in" together.

Wm Reid · Jan 20, 2020

Mugs914 said:
Me: "Mass simulator?????"

NASA: "Yes."

Me: "You mean 'ballast'?"

NASA (With a slightly condescending chuckle): "No... A mass simulator is a non-functioning analogue for a critical piece of flight hardware that is not required in this particular test procedure. It is, however, accurate in all dimensions and in weight."

Me: Oh, I see. It's a dead weight that takes the place of something that will really be there later, but isn't right now."

NASA: "Correct..."

Me: "Ballast..."

NASA: "Mass simulator..."

Me: "Tomayto, tomahto..."

NASA: "MASS simulator..."

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cvanc · Jan 20, 2020

MichaelRapp said:
I knew it would break apart, but I didn't put "will break apart," "fully fueled," and "we're only 84 seconds in" together.

LOL! The Devil is in the details, am I right?

BBowmaster · Jan 20, 2020

Exciting to watch. Sad to see a perfectly good Falcon 9 destroyed just for a test. But that’s the cost of doing business with NASA I guess. They tend to treat everything but the astronauts as expendable.

BEC · Jan 20, 2020

BBowmaster said:
Exciting to watch. Sad to see a perfectly good Falcon 9 destroyed just for a test. But that’s the cost of doing business with NASA I guess. They tend to treat everything but the astronauts as expendable.

Well at least they got three prior flights out of it. That's a longer life than some of our models

. It wasn't that long ago that we couldn't dream of saying that for full-scale boosters.

Yukon@K-9 Rocket Tech · Jan 20, 2020

Mugs914 said:
Me: "Mass simulator?????"

NASA: "Yes."

Me: "You mean 'ballast'?"

NASA (With a slightly condescending chuckle): "No... A mass simulator is a non-functioning analogue for a critical piece of flight hardware that is not required in this particular test procedure. It is, however, accurate in all dimensions and in weight."

Me: Oh, I see. It's a dead weight that takes the place of something that will really be there later, but isn't right now."

NASA: "Correct..."

Me: "Ballast..."

NASA: "Mass simulator..."

Me: "Tomayto, tomahto..."

NASA: "MASS simulator..."

You are so right...It's BALLAST

Nytrunner · Jan 20, 2020

Speaking from the industry side, a mass simulator is far more instrumented, spec'd, and expensive than 'ballast'.

Yukon@K-9 Rocket Tech · Jan 20, 2020

bobby_hamill · Jan 21, 2020

Speaking of ballast I recall a Saturn 5 or a Saturn 1b having an upper stage full of water
for a test flight

Mugs914 · Jan 21, 2020

bobby_hamill said:
Speaking of ballast...

NASA: "MASS SIMULATOR!!!"

ThirstyBarbarian · Jan 21, 2020

BALLAST SIMULATOR!

bobby_hamill · Jan 21, 2020

My bad "MASS BALLAST SIMULATOR"

Yukon@K-9 Rocket Tech · Jan 26, 2020

"SATELLITE SIMULATING MASS BLOCK WEIGHT SIMULATION INDUCING SIMULATOR OBJECT"

manixFan · Jan 26, 2020

Yukon@K-9 Rocket Tech said:

Hah!! You got me!!

Tony

Yukon@K-9 Rocket Tech · Jan 26, 2020

manixFan said:
Hah!! You got me!!

Tony

Lol sorry

manixFan · Jan 26, 2020

Yukon@K-9 Rocket Tech said:
Lol sorry

My son works for SpaceX, I sent him the link. He got a good kick out of it as well.

Tony

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