Sneak a Peek Inside the Dragon (updated)
First Look Inside the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceRef
“SpaceX has released this first look inside the Dragon spacecraft in orbit preparing for its attempted rendezvous with the International Space Station three days from now. The Dragon spacecraft has 306 kilograms of non-critical food and crew provisions headed to the ISS. The Dragon spacecraft also has another 154 kilograms of non-critical utilization payloads including a NanoRacks Module student experiments and ice bricks.”
Marc’s note: Watch this video of the reaction of the SpaceX employees on hearing Dragon was in orbit and the solar panels had deployed.
I wonder if they have put anything alive on board? Like a bearded dragon perhaps?
What, no cheese?
There does seem to be quite a bit of paperwork on board. I wonder if it is NASA or SpaceX?
I’m guessing the FAA. Whenever I fly airplanes, I’ve got to have copies of the airworthiness certificate, registration, operating limitations, and weight and balance on board. The same’s gotta be true for a space capsule too, right? 🙂
Thats pretty neat. Thanks for posting. This is truely New Space alot of young faces in the video of the team watching the flight from the Hawthorne facility. Nice job Space X!!!!!! Keep up the good work. They are making the old dogs (ULA, ATK, Boeing, PWR ect.) in the space business plenty nervous that is for sure.
Hundreds of young people under 30 cheering. This might mean something
And now the next generation is finely taking over.
Just like Apollo, the average age of the folks in Mission Control during Apollo 11 was 26. Gene Kranz was only 35
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@twitter-381826844 What did they put in? Actually in a wonderful thoughtful moment, someone offered space for the ashes of James Doohan (Star Trek’s Mr. Scott)
I believe that Gene Roddenberry’s ashes are in space as well.
So nice to see kids that age excited about space and except for Musk, a good number of them are younger than Gen X… way younger.
After dunking Doohan into the ocean the first time, I reckon it was the least they could do.
That being said, I never did see the draw in having one’s ashes launched into orbit. I don’t want my remains shot up into space to do little more than add to the orbital debris field. Nope, I want to be shot into space while I’m alive and breathing, and can still enjoy the experience!
I mean, think of what could happen! “Astronauts forced to abandon station after collision with stray bits of former NASAWatch troll! Film at 11!” Trust me, I don’t want any part of me being responsible for shooting down the ISS.
…ok, fine, I’ll admit that putting some of Clyde Tombaugh’s ashes on New Horizons was a pretty clever idea.
To bad the Facebook IPO debacle gets 500 times more hype in the media than this.
Monroe:
It’s always something! Elon Musk has recently commented on the Spacex IPO. He said that they would consider an IPO when they achieve a solid once-a-month launch rate. Smart move. And that’s just for starters. Spacex is gearing up to make it’s Falcon stages on a production line on the same factory floor that produced much larger fuselages for 747s. BTW, ever wonder where Spacex get it’s raw plate stock for Falcon and Dragon? It’s the same material that’s used to clad airliners; 5 millimeter lithium/aluminum.
tinker
Folks:
If only NASA PAO could be so quick off the mark.
From Youtube:
Inside SpaceX During Historic Dragon Launch | Video
tinker
This would get kids more interested in studying math and science and getting involved in the space program than a bunch of former astronauts parading around in blue jumpsuits.