Comments on: How SpaceX saved the Dragon capsule from destruction

By: jackbird

jackbird — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:01:00 +0000

“We had this communication system we call Megaproxy. We had to the reroute the Megaproxy to go through the Air Force long-range dishes to blast the spaceship with enough intensity to upload new code to try to fix the problem.”

It’s the Lagrange point between Star Trek technobabble and hacker movie technobabble.

By: Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:34:00 +0000

I am sure the ISS does it every day.

By: Brainspore

Brainspore — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:21:00 +0000

I suspect the fix would have required a software upload from the ground regardless.

Man, that would be the worst wait for tech support ever.

By: Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:06:00 +0000

I suspect the fix would have required a software upload from the ground regardless. But if communications from the ground were lost completely, a human crew could have continued to try to recover the vehicle.

By: Brainspore

Brainspore — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:45:00 +0000

I wonder if solving this problem would have been easier or more difficult if the capsule had been manned. On the one hand a crew probably could have reacted faster than people on the ground, but on the other hand the probably would have coated the inside of the capsule with astronaut puke by the time the spinning stopped.

By: Mark Dow

Mark Dow — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:20:00 +0000

Try extending your solar panels and pressure slam the oxidizer tanks.

By: Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:11:00 +0000

Just keep clicking. It will work eventually.

By: David Haddad

David Haddad — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:25:00 +0000

I suppose I’m just cursed.

By: Felton / Moderator

Felton / Moderator — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:21:00 +0000

It’s working for me.

By: David Haddad

David Haddad — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:15:00 +0000

There seems to be a problem with the link.