August 9, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, HiFlyer said: Zillions of people would love to be on the station for 8 days. 8 months? Not so much. That's almost 9 months. Which reminds me of a joke. When is Mother's Day? Answer: 9 months after Father's Day. Hardware: i7-8700k, GTX 1070-ti, 32GB ram, NVMe/SSD drives with lots of free space. Software: latest Windows 10 Pro, P3Dv4.5+, FSX Steam, and lots of addons (100+ mostly Orbx stuff).
August 10, 20241 yr Moderator On 8/9/2024 at 7:06 AM, HiFlyer said: Zillions of people would love to be on the station for 8 days. 8 months? Not so much. Long as there's enough food and something to do... why not? Besides, can't beat the Views!
August 17, 20241 yr Author 21 hours ago, martin-w said: Delayed again. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2ygd81k28o Quote “It seems that there are decision-makers at Nasa who are unconvinced that a safe return can be guaranteed,” he said. Boeing has said repeatedly that it has full confidence that Starliner can bring the two astronauts safely home. NASA has concerns over safety, as they should. Boeing says it's fine, it'll be fine. Unfortunately, given Boeing's track record in recent years, I'd have concerns too. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
August 18, 20241 yr On the plus side, the amount of time they would have been up there is roughly equivalent to the length of one way of a Mars mission..... Something to think about? 🤔 Russell Gough SE London
August 18, 20241 yr 31 minutes ago, sloppysmusic said: On the plus side, the amount of time they would have been up there is roughly equivalent to the length of one way of a Mars mission..... Something to think about? 🤔 Longest stay on the ISS is almost a year. Radiation exposure is more the issue with a Mars trip, I would think.
August 24, 20241 yr Yep. NASA decision is that they will come home in Feb 2025 with crew 9. Starliner will come home uncrewed. Edited August 24, 20241 yr by martin-w
August 24, 20241 yr Today NASA formally announced that they're asking SpaceX to use its crew Dragon spacecraft to bring the 2 astronauts back to Earth. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/its-official-nasa-calls-on-crew-dragon-to-rescue-the-starliner-astronauts/ Dave Simulator: P3Dv6.1 System Specs: Intel i7 13700K CPU, MSI Mag Z790 Tomahawk Motherboard, 32GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Video Card, 3x 1TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 2280 SSDs, Windows 11 Home OS My website for P3D stuff: https://sites.google.com/view/thep3dfiles/home
August 24, 20241 yr Is anyone really surprised? We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
August 25, 20241 yr They could have come home on the Dragon that's already there. Trouble is there would be six onboard when it's desighned for four. And the spacesuits aren't compatible with Dragon so they would be without suits. Obviously risky. So crew 9 Dragon it is.
August 25, 20241 yr Author 13 hours ago, HiFlyer said: Is anyone really surprised? Not me. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
August 25, 20241 yr Now I'm curious about Boeing stock price. That's a big PR impact for them. For reference, last Friday BA stock was $174.96. Let the bloodbath begin 🍿 Edited August 25, 20241 yr by Luis Hernandez Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
August 25, 20241 yr 23 minutes ago, Luis Hernandez said: Now I'm curious about Boeing stock price. That's a big PR impact for them. For reference, last Friday BA stock was $174.96. Let the bloodbath begin 🍿 The PR impact would be far worse if they tried to come home on the Starliner and there was a major malfunction which killed the crew. For once Boeing is listening to their engineers who caution that the potential risk is just not worth it. If NASA had listened to engineering concerns re: the Challenger launch in 1986, that flight would have had a different outcome. Hopefully the un-crewed Starliner reentry will be successful so they can learn what might have caused the thruster malfunctions and helium leaks, which could lead to a redesign to avoid the problem in the future. Jim BarrettLicensed Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Avionics, Electrical & Air Data Systems Specialist. Qualified on: Falcon 900, CRJ-200, Dornier 328-100, Hawker 850XP and 1000, Lear 35, 45, 55 and 60, Gulfstream IV and 550, Embraer 135, Beech Premiere and 400A, MD-80.
August 25, 20241 yr 28 minutes ago, JRBarrett said: The PR impact would be far worse if they tried to come home on the Starliner and there was a major malfunction which killed the crew. Good point. That would have killed Boeing even quicker. Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
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