Russian Space Program: News & Discussion #4

GarryB wrote:I wonder if they incorporated any exoskeleton stuff into its design at all?

These suits are vastly better than the old US suits which of course are rigid and connect together like Lego.

The previous Soviet suit essentially had a backpack that opened like a door for the cosmonaut to step in to the suit and close the backpack and seal them in.

The major joints would all then be tested one by one to make sure the seals are good and working properly and it would take about three quarters of an hour to be ready to go outside the spacecraft in open space.

The old US suits had to be assembled onto the astronaut piece by piece checking seals and joins as you went... took about 7 hours to get the suit on and tested before you could start your space walk... newer US suits copy the Soviet suits.

That's funny because apparently the new suit works according to the principle of a rigid ring connection, according to the article.

Although only between the lower half and upper half of the suit. So presumably you step into the lower half, and then just attach the top half to the ring.

kvs wrote:Nobody seems to notice, but this is the future of space vehicles and it is happening.   I guess since the way is not being paved by
the exceptional ones, then nobody cares.   Musk's starship masturbation is way more interesting.   Phobia of nuclear power is another
element.

The funny part is its the supposed gas station that's designing and building an honest to goodness nuclear powered starship, complete with energy weaponry. Peaceful space tug my ass, stick a laser in there and it would be sent on missions to zap satellites left and right.

Meanwhile, in the hypercompetent utopia that is the Musklandia they are still busy perfecting the good old Chinese flaming flying dong - the only thing futuristic is in the name.

Zak is a US-based comprador... I like his site in general (except for his new-found love of pay-walls) but his anti-Kremlin political BS is intolerable.

That would be a massive fail now wouldn't it

All this hoo-haa about the Nauka model. Years of development. And in the end it just ends up as a piece of space junk in orbit

My oh my, the clown who spread the BS that Russian railway tunnels were too small for the Angara to operate out of
Vostochny is some go to expert on the subject of Russian space activity.

And to all you dismissive clowns who assume out of your ass that any problem with Russian launches are 100% Russia's
fault. Go and get fcuked. Americans were sabotaging the Bulava SLBM production and all of its problems went away
when a local nest of these freaks installed during the golden era of the 1990s was removed. It is a fact that the
yanquis attempt to smear Russia on all levels and sabotage is a prime tool for such activity. There is always some
loser who will sell out for the dream of a 4 car garage drywall toilet "mansion" in US exurbia to live up the fake American
dream.

Russia needs to stop playing fair with these NATzO clowns and pull out of the ISS project now.

If the Nauka fails to dock

I'd fully support sending Rogozin, as well as the previous heads of Roscosmos - up there as the next intended payloads

We'll give them a fighting chance. A rendevous trajectory with the ISS in their little capsule. If they miss the meet-up, it's on them.

Scorpius wrote:
We must give Rogozin his due - he had enough balls to at least try. He knew perfectly well that to write off a module that had been under construction for so long and to launch a module that had been under construction for so long were about the same death sentences.
now all fans of cosmonautics should hold their fists for the success of the mission, and not engage in the spread of hysterical rumors.

Fk that. I'm pulling out the trampoline already. Ready for its first client in its capacity as a human space launch platform.

Scorpius wrote:
now all fans of cosmonautics should hold their fists for the success of the mission, and not engage in the spread of hysterical rumors.

Yes, they should... but they won't.  Cuz they are mean-spirited s who would rather see the mission fail (and have something to bitch about) rather than it to be successful and accept that Roskosmos & Rogo just might have done something right...

Dunno why some people come to this site given their fucked up attitudes.  

Daniel_Admassu wrote:Power modules has always been a weak spot for Russian space engineering, specially since the advent of electronics in space. Phobos-soil and Angosat come to mind.

During my undergraduate I remember that power electronics was not regarded as high as the logic ones by students because it was not as interesting. But it is power mosfets that get you at the end in projects. I sometimes fear a misinformed bunch like my batch is running the electronic design teams at Lavochkin and Krunitschev.

Hoping things will not turn out to be anything related to PE with Nauka.

Phobos-Grunt wasn't a power supply issue. Maybe you are thinking about the solar telescope Koronas-Foton (it died prematurely because the solar battery charging system could not keep the batteries adequately replenished following the periods of orbital darkness).

As they say - it's too early to cuss
But the perfect time to panic