[FPSPACE] a lack of Progress

[Keith Gottschalk]

Thank goodness that Progress only fails once per 33 years.
 
     Talking from memory, is SpaceX doing an all-up test of Falcon 9 & Dragon, to see if its software will do an automated docking with ISS?
If so, it will be smart to fill up Dragon with food, H20, CO2 scrubbers, O2, plus turkey & cranberry sauce  :)
 
- Keith


>>> On 2011/08/26 at 10:19 PM, in message <D9936649153D48FCAC83276D73C1D548 at ownerfbf08f40c>, "James E Oberg" <jameseoberg at comcast.net> wrote:

This message was stuck for two days, just as well -- the
'shattered' glass was a mistranslation, the guy actually
said the blast NEARLY (chout nye) blew out the windows.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James E Oberg" <jameseoberg at comcast.net>
To: "Chris Jones" <clj at panix.com>; "FPSpace" <fpspace at friends-partners.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] Progress launch failure (1st in history)


> From Altay Region -- reports of an explosion...
>
> "Explosion was of such force that for 100 kilometers nearly all glass
> shattered from the windows. I live here 40 years, we became accustomed to
> the fact that fall the steps (carrier rockets), but there was no such 
> strong
> explosion, not once", said Borisov.
>
>
>
> According to him, there is no information about the victims as yet "and
> there couldn't be", since it's already night and this locality is almost
> inaccessible. The data about that, are whether there are victims, there 
> won't
> be any earlier than 11.00 AM local time (8.00 msk), since to reach them 
> will
> be either on helicopters or on the tankettes, he noted.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris Jones" <clj at panix.com>
> To: "FPSpace" <fpspace at friends-partners.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 10:05 AM
> Subject: [FPSPACE] Progress launch failure (1st in history)
>
>
>> For the first time ever, a Progress launch failed today.
>> Communications was lost during the 3rd stage burn and the spacecraft
>> failed to reach orbit.
>>
>> Given that this is the same launcher used to launch crews to ISS, and
>> there's no current alternative, any interruption in future flights is
>> very bad news for ISS.
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