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hi it's me tim dodd the everyday astronaut
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we're at a really
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exciting time
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where the number
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of crude vehicles
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going to the international space station
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we'll go from just one to three
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the soyuz is eight year
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monopoly for getting humans up
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to the international space station
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is finally coming to an end
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so today we're gonna take a deep dive on the two
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new spaceships that are going to be responsible
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for taking humans to
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and from
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the international space station from the United States
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so we're gonna compare the bowing star line
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or writing an atlas 5 rocket
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to spacex's crew dragon on their falcon 9 rocket
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and to see how
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far we've progressed in the world of human spaceflight
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we're also gonna compare all these
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systems alongside
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russia's soyuz capsule
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and the United States has retired space shuttle
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in a side by side comparison
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we'll take a look at the designs
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the rockets they ride the dimensions
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the cost the safety consideration
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and any other unique feature that each vehicle offers
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considering I've been
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up close and personal with spacex's crew
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dragon capsule
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and boeing starling
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I think I've got some pretty
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good insight on these vehicles
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let's get started
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the international space station is
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still one of the greatest feats of human engineering
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I mean after all
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it's a football field sized floating laboratory
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traveling 10 times faster than a bullet
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circling the earth
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every 90 minutes
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is taken
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33 launches to put all of its pieces into orbit
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and has been home to over 230 people
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from almost 20 countries
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the iss typically has six astronauts on board
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crew are sent up in groups of three
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and usually reside of the station for six months
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there is typically
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a three month overlap for existing crew
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and newly arriving crew
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but since the space shuttle program ended in 2011
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there's only been a single ride to the iss
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that's russia's soyuz vehicle
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but we're coming up on a really
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exciting time
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as the United States prepares to send us astronauts
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to the international space station from us soil on two
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brand new spaceships
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and what I think is most exciting is
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nasa has hired private companies to do the development
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and the operations in a new program
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called the commercial crew program
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the two companies that won the contracts are
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space and boeing
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I'm not really going to get into how
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the commercial crew program got started or
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has progressed in today's video
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I mostly want to talk about the hardware
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starting off with bowing and their starling
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boeing started
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designing the star liner
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originally known as the cst 100
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in 2010 after winning a contract from nasa
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for the cc dev program
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the starling is a traditional
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truncated cone capsule design
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much like previous spacecraft from the United States
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it can carry up to seven astronauts at a time
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although nasa won't use more than four seats at a time
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the starling will be the first
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orbital capsule to land on solid ground
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in the United States
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now this is similar to how this soyuz capsule land
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and also how blue origin
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sub orbital new shepherd capsule lands
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there are five
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landing sites proposed in the western United States
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but the two prime sites will be the us's army
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white sands missile range in new Mexico
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and the army's doggy proving grounds in Utah
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starr will land
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using parachutes and a set of large airbags
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a pair of drug shoots are deployed at about 9
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kilometers and altitude
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followed by a trio of main shoots at 3.6 kilometers
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and at 1.5 kilometers in altitude
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the heat shield is ditch
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and the six airbags are inflated
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in nominal cases
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the airbags will
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soften the landing when landing on land
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and in awful nominal cases
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like an abort or an emergency re entry
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the airbags offer buoyancy and balance for water
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landings touching down on land
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will allow the starling
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or an easy path to refurbishment and reusability
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boeing is hoping to be able to turn one around in just
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six months and reuse them up to 10 times
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that's definitely a good thing
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since the crew will land on solid ground
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recovery of crew is quite different than a splashdown
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on the edge of the landing zone
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there'll be a mobile data tracking vehicle or mdt
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as well as a mobile landing control center or mlc
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and a host of other recovery vehicles
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waiting to pounds
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once touchdown is confirmed
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a small
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army of vehicles will race their way across the desert
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now I picture this pretty much being like a real life
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mad max scenario
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boeing please send us videos of this
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upon arrival a crew will check
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and stabilize the hydrogen fuels
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and then ground the vehicle for static electricity
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after that an hvac truck will roll up
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and start to cool the spacecraft
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including the crew and the fuels
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next up a mobile landing platform will pull up with
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stairs and begin to evacuate the crew
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boeing has to pull crew out within 1h
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and cargo out
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within two the person who
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actually extracts the crew
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is a member of boeing's fire and rescue team
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which I think is pretty cool
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the crew is taken out
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and then set over to a truck for medical
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checkups and then whisked away on a nasa helicopter
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eventually the capsule itself will be loaded up with a
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small crane truck
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and taken back to begin refurbishment
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the cockpit of starling takes a
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fairly conservative and familiar approach
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although it's a lot
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less clutter than the space shuttles cockpit
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it still features familiar and traditional controls
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buttons and non touch screens
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the starling will dock to the iss and not birth
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docking is where the vehicle
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actually does all the final maneuvering
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until it connects itself up with the docking port
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dragon 1 and sign car of vehicles
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both currently birth to the station
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meaning they park and then are grappled to the station
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via the Canada arm
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or Canada arm
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astronauts get in and out of the side
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hatched room on earth
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but when doctor they'll crawl through the top part
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that connects to the international space station
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via the international docking adapter on the iss
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initially getting
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into and out of the starling is
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admittedly a bit cumbersome
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astronauts need to shimmy into their seats
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lying on their backs
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the spacecraft is two main sections
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the crew module and the service module
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the crew module is
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well exactly what you'd think
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so where the crew goes
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it's also the part that survives reentry
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the service module houses propellant tanks
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for orbital maneuvering
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the orbital maneuvering thrusters
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the launch of board motors
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which are on the bottom and a pusher configuration
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solar panels on the bottom and radiators on the sides
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as well as a host of other things
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the abort motors are for
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aero jet rocketry
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rs88 bantams modified to run on hyperbolic fuels
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to function as a launch abort motor
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the first uncured test flight oft1
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will fly with the qualification test motors
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but they'll be inactive
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since there will be no crew on board
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in the event of an issue with the booster or
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a rapid unscheduled disassembly
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these abort motors would be used up
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until a few minutes into flight
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after which time the vehicle would just use
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the maneuvering thrusters
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the starling offers a full envelope of board window
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meaning the astronauts can abort at any time
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and remain safe
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boeing design the
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starer to be able to ride on a variety of rockets
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including the atlas 5
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the delta 4 and the falcon 9
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they wand up selecting united launch alliances
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atlas 5 for now
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and eventually ula's
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upcoming vulcan rocket will likely fly starling
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the exact atlas 5 they selected isn't n22
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now here's a quick reminder of those numbers
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the first part of the name represents the fairing
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the options being four meters five meters or n for none
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the middle number
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is the amount of strap on
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rocket boosters and can range from 0 to 5
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the last number
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is the number
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of arl 10 engines on the centaur upper stage
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the centaur can have one or two rl10s
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so putting this all together
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the atlas 5
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that will launch the starling will have no fairing
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since it has a starling
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on top it'll have two solid rocket boosters
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and dual arl 10 engines on the upper stage
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hence the n22
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when the starling launches it'll be the first time
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ula's actually used a dual
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rl 10 centaur upper stage on the atlas 5
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however
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the dual engine centaur has been flying since 1962
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and flew on the atlas 3 is recently as 2005
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so it's definitely not anything new
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so why are boeing and ula using a dual engine centaur
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when the starling is relatively light
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the rl 10 engine is crazy efficient
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but one thing it's not
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is powerful in order to allow for enough time
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for a standard single engine to push the upper stage
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and its payload into orbital velocities
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without re entering the atmosphere
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the first stage of the atlas 5
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usually lost itself into an extra high altitude
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allowing for more time
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for the upper stage to do its secularization burn
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this works great for standard payloads
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but in the case of an abort
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trajectory is actually way too steep
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generating crazy high
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unsurvivable g forces when it hits the atmosphere
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so in order to maintain a nice
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safe shallow profile
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for the fragile and precious humans on board
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the upper stage needed more pomp
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and the solution to that was the dual engine centaur
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if you need
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more info on this unique engineering solution
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scott mainly has an awesome video on it
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boeing and ula will
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also be running a secondary flight computer
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they'll be running in
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parallel to the
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primary flight computer on the centaur upper stage
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it'll catch any errors in the flight plan
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faster than a human reaction time
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shutting down the engines and triggering an abort
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another design
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consideration is
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due to the blunt nose of the starling
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you'll see these little
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lattice structures around the outside
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the starling was
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designed to be as stable as possible for re entry
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which means having a short and stout design
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the lattice structure helps to fuse the airflow
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over the vehicle
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helping to make sure there are no shockwaves or
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inadvertent pressure areas
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over the lower portion of the vehicle on a scent
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especially since the rocket actually tapers down
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to the skinny centaur upper stage
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they also added an aerodynamic skirt
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to ensure smooth airflow
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despite the apollo spacecraft being a similar shape
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the saturn 5 a road on top of
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kind of wedding caked out
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tapering wider and wider
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and therefore didn't have those design considerations
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starer astronauts will take off from ula's launchpad
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sc 41 at cape canaveral air force station in Florida
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the pad has already
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been fitted with the crew access arm
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in preparations for the first
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crew launches
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this will be the first time
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humans have launched from this particular launch pad
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which is awesome and
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also the first time
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humans have launched from
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cape canaveral air force station
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since apollo 7 in 1968
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we'll get into the dimensions the designs
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prices and more
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when we do a side by side comparison
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of all the vehicles
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now on to the other new spaceship
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spacex's crew dragon or dragon 2 dragon
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2 is the follow up to spacex's
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very successful dragon capsule that has flown cargo to
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and from the iss
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since 2012
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the dragon capsule was originally called dragon writer
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when it was initially proposed to nasa for the cc
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dev program
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space was not selected for the first round
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perhaps because the dragon capsule had noses
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all around it
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but spacex was selected during the second
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round of contracts
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the original dragon writer capsule was essentially
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just a cru rated version of their dragon capsule
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which at the time was getting ready for its 1st
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test flights to orbit
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and was already on contract to resupply the iss
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which would later due in 2012
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in 2014 spacex revealed the updated
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version of the dragon capsule
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which would
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carry astronauts at their headquarters in hawthorne
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the dragon 2
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was a massive redesign of the original dragon capsule
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including seating for up to seven astronauts
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although again
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nasa won't be using more than four at a time
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for the commercial crew program
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dragon 2 was originally planning to
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also touchdown back on land using the abort motors
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assuming they weren't used for an abort
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to come to a nice soft touchdown anywhere
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however due to a few reasons
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space ditch propulsive landings
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and will do a
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parachute recovery and splashdown in the ocean
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much like the current dragon capsule
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if you need to know more about why
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space canceled
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propulsive landing their dragon capsule
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I've already got you covered the crew
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dragon's primary landing zone is the Atlantic Ocean
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which is different from the current dragon capsule
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which has been splashing down in the Pacific Ocean
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since its first launch and recovery in 2010
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space also filed to have the gulf of Mexico
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be a contingency landing site too
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which I believe would be at first
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space has a pair of ships named go
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searcher and go navigator
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that'll be in charge of crew recoveries
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go searcher features a hoist
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capable of lifting the dragon capsule onto the deck
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and then offloading the crew
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there's communication
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relays
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and a helicopter landing pad to get the crew home
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after splashdown go
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searcher has been part of spacex's fleet for a while
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80 in the recovery efforts of falcon
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9 transship landings
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as well as dragon 1 recoveries
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despite the ocean landing
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space
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does have refurbishment and reuse plans for dragon 2
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although not quite like you might be thinking
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refurbished dragon 2's won't carry humans again
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but they'll eventually be used to carry
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cargo for crs2 missions
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space already has experience
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refurbishing splashdown dragon capsules
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and has flown five dragon capsules to date
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although according to elon mosque in 2017
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he mentions it's almost as
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expensive to refurbish the splash down dragons
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as it is to build new ones
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but I'm sure
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since then they've implemented streamlined processes
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which have helped made the efforts worthwhile
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the design of the crew
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dragon capsule is extremely minimalistic
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it's easy to see that the design was influenced by elon
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who likes things simple
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the interior looks like the tesla model 3 of
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spaceships compared to
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night riders car kit
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some unique features of the interior are touch screens
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and movable chairs
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when dragon 2 was first revealed
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elon satin a seat and pulled the screen down to him
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that's now reversed
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as the screens are stationary and the seats move up
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to them again
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just like the starling
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the dragon 2 is designed to be fully autonomous
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with manual overrides really
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only there as contingencies
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but the dragon 2 does something that the old dragon one
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couldn't do and that's dock
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getting into the dragon capsules
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done via the side hatch
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once you poke your head in
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it's very spacious and minimalistic
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it's easy to plop into the seat and get comfy
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I actually really think this layout makes sense
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like the starling
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the dragon 2 is actually two sections as well
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there's the crew module and the trunk
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the crew module is again the part that holds the humans
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but it also has
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the super draco abort motors integrated onto it
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since this portion of the spacecraft is recovered
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the super draco motors are also recovered
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you just like the starling
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the super draco's run on hyperbolic propellants
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and offer a full envelope abort window as well
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the trunk is an unpressurized section of the spacecraft
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just like it is on dragon 1
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this allows for the ability to take up
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larger components that
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wouldn't fit through the docking port
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or
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items that are installed on the outside of the station
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items that are in
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inside the trunk are retrieved via the Canada arm
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2 or another arm named dexter
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the trunk of the dragon
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2 offers a unique layout with stationary solar panels
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covering one side of the vehicle
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and radiators
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on the other side
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the old dragon 1 had extending solar panels
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this makes sense
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because you want the solar panels to be facing the sun
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and you want the radiators away from the sun
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so
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pretty cool design
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the trunk also has some fins to help
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stabilize the vehicle in the event of an abort
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again I already did a video all about this
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so if you want to learn more
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about the fins on the dragon
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and why they matter during an abort
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check out this video
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the trunk is detached prior to reentry and burns up
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due to a lack of a heat shield
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this allows for disposal of some
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on station items as well
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very fiery garbage service
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the dragon
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2 is designed to exclusively fly in the falcon 9
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although there were
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plans for it to fly in a falcon heavy at one point
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but
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space no longer plans to human certify falcon heavy
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and instead is focusing on starship
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in order for the falcon 9 to be crew rated
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nasa required a
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design freeze of their block 5 variants
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and spacex tends to upgrade their vehicles
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so frequently
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sometimes introduce unintended consequences
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part of the design freeze
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also required the use of a new composite
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overrated pressure vessel
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or cop
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the co failure was the root cause of the amo
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6 pad anomaly
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and a cop strut was the cause of the crs 7 failure
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space started flying a newly designed cop
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at the end of 2018
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it's kind of unusual that nasa required a design freeze
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I mean
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considering nasa has considered flying humans on the
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2nd launch of sls
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or even more crazy
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there's even been talks of them
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putting humans on the 1st
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flight of sls
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but spacex is known to make changes all the time
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in the constant pursuit of improvement
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so I think a safer
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more conservative approach is a good idea
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when human lives are involved
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the falcon 9's flight profile with the crew
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also had to be altered compared to the cargo versions
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to ensure the safest profile and case of an abort
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due to the shallower flatter profile
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it also means the first age booster
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the falcon 9 will not do a return to launch si landing
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and we'll have to land down range on the drone ship
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the upper stage of the falcon
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9 uses the merlin 1d vacuum engine
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which is extremely powerful
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but not very efficient
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it will have no problem
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maintaining a shallow profile
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crew will climb on top of a block
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5 falcon 9
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poise at launch complex
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39a at kennedy space center in Florida
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now I have to say not that it's a contest
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but spacex definitely does have the coolest launch pad
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ever mean after all
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this is the same launchpad that humans took off from
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to go to the moon
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crew will go up the fixed service structure
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that's a relic from the space shuttle era
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although spacex has done a lot of work
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to remove the rotating service structure
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repaint the tower
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add cladding and attach their mobile access arm
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one thing that spacex will be doing this
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completely new in the world of human spaceflight
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nasa consider a valid option
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is a load and go fueling procedure
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since spacex uses super chilled propellants
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they need to load them up into the vehicle as
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late as possible
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so they don't warm up and boil off
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before the vehicle takes off
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space
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00:17:19,777 --> 00:17:22,002
actually continues to fuel the rocket up until just
533
00:17:22,017 --> 00:17:24,242
3min before liftoff now
534
00:17:24,242 --> 00:17:26,017
clearly 3min isn't nearly
535
00:17:26,017 --> 00:17:27,417
enough time to get up the tower
536
00:17:27,417 --> 00:17:29,210
and strap the crew into the dragon capsule
537
00:17:29,210 --> 00:17:30,500
and then leave the tower
538
00:17:30,639 --> 00:17:33,980
so the crew will actually enter before propellant load
539
00:17:34,039 --> 00:17:36,879
and will remain on board while the vehicles fueled up
540
00:17:36,879 --> 00:17:38,820
I can clearly understand how this is different
541
00:17:38,919 --> 00:17:41,599
but I actually feel like it's kind of a safer move
542
00:17:41,599 --> 00:17:43,900
I mean this means the astronauts and the ground crew
543
00:17:44,159 --> 00:17:44,479
never
544
00:17:44,479 --> 00:17:46,940
need to approach a fully loaded vehicle on the pad
545
00:17:46,980 --> 00:17:47,920
once fuel starts flowing
546
00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:50,429
the crew is actually in the safest place imaginable
547
00:17:50,450 --> 00:17:51,680
a tightly sealed
548
00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,469
pressure vessel armed with a powerful abort system
549
00:17:54,610 --> 00:17:58,029
so despite the process of fueling up being pretty risky
550
00:17:58,210 --> 00:18:00,189
the crew is in a very safe place
551
00:18:00,330 --> 00:18:01,309
can you imagine
552
00:18:01,710 --> 00:18:03,090
this will be the first time in history
553
00:18:03,090 --> 00:18:04,675
a human ear will hear the sound
554
00:18:04,675 --> 00:18:06,904
of cryogenic fuel flowing into the vehicle
555
00:18:07,075 --> 00:18:07,515
look here
556
00:18:07,515 --> 00:18:07,795
all
557
00:18:07,795 --> 00:18:09,955
those creeks and strains of the vehicle as it comes to
558
00:18:09,955 --> 00:18:10,304
life
559
00:18:11,262 --> 00:18:12,411
that's gonna be crazy
560
00:18:12,411 --> 00:18:13,200
another fun fact is
561
00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,651
the crew will arrive to the launch site in tesla model
562
00:18:15,651 --> 00:18:17,388
x's of course
563
00:18:17,971 --> 00:18:20,348
man spacex will be putting on a new show
564
00:18:20,531 --> 00:18:21,268
that's for sure
565
00:18:21,371 --> 00:18:23,988
now lastly before we get to the direct comparisons
566
00:18:24,211 --> 00:18:24,811
did you know
567
00:18:24,811 --> 00:18:27,148
both launchpads have an amusement park ride
568
00:18:27,660 --> 00:18:28,857
well not quite
569
00:18:28,857 --> 00:18:31,137
but each pad does have an emergency zip line
570
00:18:31,137 --> 00:18:33,320
capable of evacuating astronauts and ground crew
571
00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:35,942
in a hurry in the unlikely event of say
572
00:18:36,017 --> 00:18:37,297
a leak or a fire
573
00:18:37,297 --> 00:18:39,340
while I'm sure there's limited use cases one
574
00:18:39,340 --> 00:18:41,022
this would even be remotely useful
575
00:18:41,377 --> 00:18:42,942
it does look like it'd be pretty fun
576
00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:46,381
well assuming you're not being chased by a fireball
577
00:18:46,458 --> 00:18:49,098
oh okay wow enough of the rundown
578
00:18:49,098 --> 00:18:51,141
it's time to compare these vehicles side by side
579
00:18:51,338 --> 00:18:52,058
and see how these
580
00:18:52,058 --> 00:18:52,360
new
581
00:18:52,360 --> 00:18:54,981
vehicles compared to the soyuz and the space shuttle
582
00:18:59,423 --> 00:19:00,681
so first off
583
00:19:00,681 --> 00:19:03,081
let's just line these vehicles up side by side
584
00:19:03,081 --> 00:19:04,718
and compare their sizes
585
00:19:05,641 --> 00:19:06,361
yeah the
586
00:19:06,361 --> 00:19:08,140
space shuttle orbiter clearly
587
00:19:08,140 --> 00:19:09,958
dwarfs these vehicles in size
588
00:19:10,294 --> 00:19:12,467
that thing is huge
589
00:19:12,467 --> 00:19:14,147
and because of its immense size
590
00:19:14,147 --> 00:19:15,507
we're gonna focus in on just
591
00:19:15,507 --> 00:19:17,133
the crew module portion of the shuttle
592
00:19:17,133 --> 00:19:18,813
so we can see these other vehicles
593
00:19:19,027 --> 00:19:20,533
but don't forget about the rest of it
594
00:19:20,667 --> 00:19:22,693
we'll still be talking about the system as a whole
595
00:19:22,827 --> 00:19:23,067
since
596
00:19:23,067 --> 00:19:25,480
the aft end is its service module on the cargo bay
597
00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:26,360
is similar in nature
598
00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:27,973
to the trunk of the dragon capsule
599
00:19:28,830 --> 00:19:30,425
way way bigger
600
00:19:30,474 --> 00:19:31,194
but notice how much
601
00:19:31,194 --> 00:19:32,594
bigger the starling and dragon are
602
00:19:32,594 --> 00:19:33,754
compared to the soyuz
603
00:19:33,754 --> 00:19:35,114
so let's run through the dimension
604
00:19:35,114 --> 00:19:36,145
starting with their height
605
00:19:36,434 --> 00:19:38,194
the starling stands 5 meters tall
606
00:19:38,194 --> 00:19:39,745
with a service module attached
607
00:19:39,874 --> 00:19:41,554
the crew dragon is 8.1
608
00:19:41,554 --> 00:19:44,394
meters tall with the trunk and the soyuz is 7.5
609
00:19:44,394 --> 00:19:45,185
meters tall
610
00:19:45,314 --> 00:19:47,905
with the orbital module and service module attached
611
00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:50,596
the space shuttle will show its length as height
612
00:19:50,596 --> 00:19:52,924
because that's the way it stood when it was on the pad
613
00:19:53,036 --> 00:19:56,524
it stood 37 meters tall from tail to nose
614
00:19:56,636 --> 00:19:57,756
next they're width
615
00:19:57,756 --> 00:20:00,076
the starling is 4.5 meters wide
616
00:20:00,076 --> 00:20:02,324
the dragon capsule 3.7 meters wide
617
00:20:02,556 --> 00:20:05,004
the soyuz 2.2 meters and the space shuttles
618
00:20:05,004 --> 00:20:08,044
crew compartment and payload bay were 4.6 meters wide
619
00:20:08,432 --> 00:20:10,426
will ignore the wings for this comparison
620
00:20:10,426 --> 00:20:11,306
I feel like we're gonna have
621
00:20:11,306 --> 00:20:13,140
a lot of asterisks when we compare these
622
00:20:13,140 --> 00:20:14,266
vehicles to the space shuttle
623
00:20:14,266 --> 00:20:15,013
because that thing
624
00:20:15,186 --> 00:20:17,586
was a completely different beast
625
00:20:17,586 --> 00:20:19,813
next up dry mass starling is 13
626
00:20:19,866 --> 00:20:22,706
tons dragon is 9.5 tons
627
00:20:22,706 --> 00:20:26,413
the soyuz capsule is shockingly light at 7.1 tons
628
00:20:26,610 --> 00:20:27,450
and the space shuttle
629
00:20:27,610 --> 00:20:30,130
yeah you can imagine this is quite a bit heavier at
630
00:20:30,210 --> 00:20:32,970
68.5 tons as mentioned earlier
631
00:20:32,970 --> 00:20:35,650
crew capacity for both starling and dragon as 7
632
00:20:35,730 --> 00:20:37,410
but again nasa will only use four
633
00:20:38,010 --> 00:20:40,784
the soyuz capsule can fit three barely
634
00:20:41,035 --> 00:20:42,624
and the shuttle could fit up to eight
635
00:20:42,635 --> 00:20:45,915
although seven was much more common now for volume
636
00:20:45,915 --> 00:20:47,915
both pressurized and unpreciariz
637
00:20:47,915 --> 00:20:48,755
starr has
638
00:20:48,755 --> 00:20:51,230
11 cubic meters of pressurized volume and no one
639
00:20:51,230 --> 00:20:52,572
pressurized dragon
640
00:20:52,572 --> 00:20:55,424
2 has 10 cubic meters of pressurized volume and 14
641
00:20:55,475 --> 00:20:57,624
cubic meters of unpressurized volume
642
00:20:57,750 --> 00:20:58,450
soyuz has
643
00:20:58,450 --> 00:21:01,530
8.5 cubic meters of pressurized and no unpreceduri
644
00:21:01,530 --> 00:21:03,490
volume the space shuttle is of course
645
00:21:03,490 --> 00:21:04,233
king here with
646
00:21:04,266 --> 00:21:07,593
74.3 cubic meters from pressurized volume
647
00:21:07,626 --> 00:21:10,450
and 300 cubic meters of unpressurized
648
00:21:10,450 --> 00:21:12,058
volume in other words
649
00:21:12,221 --> 00:21:14,098
you could almost fit all three
650
00:21:14,141 --> 00:21:16,698
spaceships inside the payload bay of the shuttle
651
00:21:16,861 --> 00:21:19,738
so now how long can these vehicles stay in space
652
00:21:19,981 --> 00:21:21,098
the starlight can go
653
00:21:21,101 --> 00:21:24,618
60 hours on its own and 210 days while docked
654
00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:26,920
crew dragon can go one week on its own
655
00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:29,159
and also 210 days on doctor
656
00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:30,220
the soyuz can go
657
00:21:30,220 --> 00:21:33,039
30 days on its own and 180 days when doctor
658
00:21:33,120 --> 00:21:35,239
and the space shuttle couldn't go much beyond 17
659
00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,559
days due to being powered by fuel cells
660
00:21:37,830 --> 00:21:39,707
next up how about their abort systems
661
00:21:39,707 --> 00:21:42,347
the starling and crew dragon both have a pusher type
662
00:21:42,347 --> 00:21:43,050
system that's full
663
00:21:43,050 --> 00:21:43,792
envelope
664
00:21:43,907 --> 00:21:46,432
mean they can abort safely at any time during ascent
665
00:21:46,890 --> 00:21:48,745
the soyuz has a polar or a tractor
666
00:21:48,745 --> 00:21:50,025
system with an abort tower
667
00:21:50,025 --> 00:21:50,950
and ferry motors 2
668
00:21:50,950 --> 00:21:53,514
which also offers a full envelope escape
669
00:21:53,625 --> 00:21:54,225
and of course
670
00:21:54,225 --> 00:21:57,434
the space shuttle had no mechanical abort systems
671
00:21:57,570 --> 00:21:59,582
and a quick little note here on a board systems
672
00:21:59,678 --> 00:22:01,598
pushers push up from the bottom
673
00:22:01,598 --> 00:22:03,102
or the middle of the spacecraft
674
00:22:03,278 --> 00:22:05,398
and tractors or polar bore systems
675
00:22:05,398 --> 00:22:07,318
pull from the top using a tower
676
00:22:07,318 --> 00:22:08,158
or something like that
677
00:22:08,158 --> 00:22:09,742
now where to all these land
678
00:22:10,110 --> 00:22:13,607
starer shuttle and soyuz all touched down on land
679
00:22:13,772 --> 00:22:15,767
while crew dragons splashes down
680
00:22:15,852 --> 00:22:19,064
now how about reusability slash refurbishment ability
681
00:22:19,075 --> 00:22:21,864
the starlings capable of up to 10 reuses crew
682
00:22:21,864 --> 00:22:23,310
dragon is capable of reuse
683
00:22:23,310 --> 00:22:25,384
but for now only as cargo variant
684
00:22:25,515 --> 00:22:26,904
soyuz is expendable
685
00:22:27,075 --> 00:22:29,264
and the space shuttle was also reusable
686
00:22:29,395 --> 00:22:31,824
so now the launch vehicles that get these to space
687
00:22:32,310 --> 00:22:35,039
starr will ride the atlas 5 n22
688
00:22:35,260 --> 00:22:36,719
crew dragon the falcon 9
689
00:22:36,820 --> 00:22:40,039
soyuz the soyuz fg rocket and soon the soyuz 2
690
00:22:40,410 --> 00:22:42,491
and the shuttle was part of the space transportation
691
00:22:42,608 --> 00:22:44,328
system while we have these rockets pulled up
692
00:22:44,328 --> 00:22:45,190
I think it's important
693
00:22:45,190 --> 00:22:47,331
we take a note on their reliability
694
00:22:47,408 --> 00:22:48,919
we're going to ignore partial failures
695
00:22:48,919 --> 00:22:50,510
and only talk about mission success
696
00:22:50,510 --> 00:22:53,571
in which case the atlas 5 really comes up on top
697
00:22:53,688 --> 00:22:56,728
at 100 success in 79 flights
698
00:22:56,728 --> 00:22:57,771
the falcon 9 is at
699
00:22:57,808 --> 00:23:00,171
69 missions and has had two failures
700
00:23:00,420 --> 00:23:00,835
one of them
701
00:23:00,835 --> 00:23:02,804
actually happening before the launch occurred
702
00:23:02,835 --> 00:23:04,284
giving it a 97
703
00:23:04,517 --> 00:23:05,995
1 success rate
704
00:23:05,995 --> 00:23:07,635
the soyuz is complicated
705
00:23:07,635 --> 00:23:09,764
because it's been flying since the 60s
706
00:23:09,835 --> 00:23:10,875
in some form or another
707
00:23:10,875 --> 00:23:16,744
so in total it's 996 out of 1 000 28 for a 96
708
00:23:17,415 --> 00:23:20,944
9 success rate but its newest variant the fg
709
00:23:21,175 --> 00:23:23,455
has only had one failure out of 66
710
00:23:23,455 --> 00:23:25,944
making it 98 5 successful
711
00:23:26,015 --> 00:23:29,144
and the shuttle had two failures out of 135 launches
712
00:23:29,375 --> 00:23:31,655
also making it 98.5 successful
713
00:23:31,655 --> 00:23:33,775
it should also be noted that thanks to the abort
714
00:23:33,775 --> 00:23:36,092
system the 1 1 failure of the soyuz fg
715
00:23:36,340 --> 00:23:38,012
led to no loss in life
716
00:23:38,147 --> 00:23:39,187
and another quick note
717
00:23:39,187 --> 00:23:41,987
this time about the use of solid rocket boosters
718
00:23:41,987 --> 00:23:42,980
solid rocket booster
719
00:23:42,980 --> 00:23:45,012
led to the loss of the challenger vehicle
720
00:23:45,147 --> 00:23:47,347
but that's not to say solids on their own
721
00:23:47,347 --> 00:23:49,812
are inherently more dangerous per se
722
00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:50,950
the mixture of
723
00:23:50,950 --> 00:23:52,180
a solid rocket booster
724
00:23:52,180 --> 00:23:54,310
and the lack of a mechanical abort
725
00:23:54,310 --> 00:23:56,230
system is really what was dangerous
726
00:23:56,230 --> 00:23:57,070
we've learned a lot
727
00:23:57,070 --> 00:23:58,620
since the space shuttle and the atlas
728
00:23:58,620 --> 00:24:01,490
5's use of srb is considered very safe
729
00:24:01,981 --> 00:24:04,725
due to the fact that the starling does have an abort
730
00:24:04,725 --> 00:24:06,774
system if there was a failure
731
00:24:06,885 --> 00:24:08,854
the crew would be able to get away from the rocket
732
00:24:08,965 --> 00:24:12,454
so we really shouldn't compare the atlas's use of srs
733
00:24:12,525 --> 00:24:14,605
to the space shuttles use of srs
734
00:24:14,605 --> 00:24:16,694
and now where do all four of these launch from
735
00:24:16,765 --> 00:24:17,550
launch sites are
736
00:24:17,550 --> 00:24:19,710
slick 41 at cape canaveral air force base
737
00:24:19,710 --> 00:24:20,534
for starling
738
00:24:20,645 --> 00:24:22,552
right next door is the falcon 9
739
00:24:22,552 --> 00:24:25,828
which will launch from lc 39a at kennedy space center
740
00:24:25,872 --> 00:24:29,588
the soyuz launches from biker lc 1 5
741
00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,187
and the shuttle launch from both lc 39a and
742
00:24:33,187 --> 00:24:35,132
lc 39b at ksc
743
00:24:35,147 --> 00:24:37,480
and lastly we're gonna talk about price per seat
744
00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,012
and this one has a pretty big aster as well
745
00:24:40,187 --> 00:24:41,332
both starling and crew
746
00:24:41,332 --> 00:24:44,612
dragon have a price tag of 58 million per seat
747
00:24:44,910 --> 00:24:48,325
the soyuz capsule is now up to 82 million per seat
748
00:24:48,414 --> 00:24:49,245
and the shuttle
749
00:24:49,534 --> 00:24:51,174
well this is a hard one
750
00:24:51,174 --> 00:24:53,205
on paper the shuttle would cost around
751
00:24:53,210 --> 00:24:55,085
2014 $1000000 per seat
752
00:24:55,094 --> 00:24:57,165
but don't forget the shuttle did a lot
753
00:24:57,174 --> 00:24:58,645
more than just take crew up
754
00:24:58,814 --> 00:25:01,374
it often would carry an additional payload of a dozen
755
00:25:01,374 --> 00:25:02,525
tons or more
756
00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:05,489
so maybe it's fair to take that 214
757
00:25:05,489 --> 00:25:07,470
$1000000 per seat per launch
758
00:25:07,729 --> 00:25:09,870
and then take 80 off
759
00:25:09,969 --> 00:25:12,190
because 80 of the volume of the vehicle
760
00:25:12,209 --> 00:25:14,070
was dedicated to cargo
761
00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:16,316
but maybe that's not fair either
762
00:25:16,316 --> 00:25:18,963
so let's just say it's somewhere between 43 million
763
00:25:19,116 --> 00:25:20,763
and 214 million
764
00:25:20,916 --> 00:25:21,956
the last thing I want to mention
765
00:25:21,956 --> 00:25:24,356
but only for the starling and crew dragon is their
766
00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:25,723
cost of development
767
00:25:26,070 --> 00:25:28,871
so the starling I received 4.8 billion
768
00:25:28,948 --> 00:25:31,751
and spacex received 3.1 billion in total
769
00:25:31,868 --> 00:25:32,908
but this includes two
770
00:25:32,908 --> 00:25:33,828
demo launches and
771
00:25:33,828 --> 00:25:36,148
six operational flights from each company
772
00:25:36,148 --> 00:25:37,908
now I don't really want to get into a spitting match
773
00:25:37,908 --> 00:25:38,508
over why
774
00:25:38,508 --> 00:25:40,631
each company got paid such different amounts
775
00:25:40,980 --> 00:25:43,572
but it likely had to do with each company's proposal
776
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,960
perhaps after spacex flies a few dozen astronauts
777
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:46,947
they can charge a little more
778
00:25:46,947 --> 00:25:48,812
for increased confidence from nasa
779
00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:49,928
kind of like how they're
780
00:25:49,928 --> 00:25:52,008
able to increase the price of the cargo resupply
781
00:25:52,008 --> 00:25:54,791
missions once they proved to be reliable and
782
00:25:54,928 --> 00:25:55,768
after they gained a better
783
00:25:55,768 --> 00:25:57,831
sense of the cost of running the program
784
00:25:57,928 --> 00:26:00,151
so when it's all said and done here's my opinion
785
00:26:00,328 --> 00:26:00,951
1st off
786
00:26:01,368 --> 00:26:03,940
I couldn't be more excited to see an awesome pair of
787
00:26:03,940 --> 00:26:05,431
exciting new rides to space
788
00:26:05,940 --> 00:26:07,280
it's about time
789
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,760
as solid and reliable as the soyuz has been
790
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,760
it's about time humans have other
791
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:13,960
newer and more comfortable options
792
00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:15,520
as far as each system goes
793
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,800
I've got my opinions and I'll keep them short
794
00:26:18,030 --> 00:26:20,490
because I already know the comment section will have
795
00:26:20,490 --> 00:26:22,470
plenty of opinions to go around
796
00:26:22,549 --> 00:26:25,189
the starling is an awesome spaceship
797
00:26:25,189 --> 00:26:26,429
it's very well thought out
798
00:26:26,429 --> 00:26:27,149
and you can tell
799
00:26:27,149 --> 00:26:28,669
human safety is very much
800
00:26:28,669 --> 00:26:31,309
on top of mine for both boeing and ula
801
00:26:31,309 --> 00:26:33,149
I'm glad to see they're going to be landing on land
802
00:26:33,149 --> 00:26:33,859
because I think it's cool
803
00:26:33,859 --> 00:26:36,270
and I'm glad to see they can reuse the spacecraft
804
00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:37,467
and I'm also happy
805
00:26:37,467 --> 00:26:39,560
the atlas will finally be carrying humans again
806
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for the first time
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since faith 7 launched with mercury atlas in 1963
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and as advance as the starling is
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I do wish boeing had gone a few steps more progressive
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it feels like the spaceship is just a little
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conservative
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and you can tell they didn't want to take
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any design risks or really push any boundaries
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unfortunately when I got to sit in it
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it just feels a little stale and cold
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however aesthetics and ergonomics are a very
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very minor part of the equation when you're putting
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humans in space
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so now we come to spacex's crew dragon capsule
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there's really no arguing that spacex made the better
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looking and downright
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sexy spaceship
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it truly is stunning
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and quite frankly
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the radical departure from the norm really
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seems to have been pulled off brilliantly
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just look at how
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easy it is to get into this thing
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compared to the starling
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and I have no doubt the crew
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dragon capsule didn't cut any corners in safety
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considering they had to answer to nasa on
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every single millimeter of the thing
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so when it comes to pure cool factor
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gonna have to give the leg up to spacex
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after hearing from a few people who have
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used the touchscreens
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we're talking about hardcore pilots here
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they have voiced missing a more
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traditional control scheme
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saying it does feel a little bit like flying an ipad
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but lastly seeing a falcon 9
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land after delivering crew to the iss will be a nice
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cherry on top
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and although of course
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it won't be landing back at kennedy space center
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I never get tired of seeing this
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so no matter how you cut it you can't go wrong
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nasa hired two
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incredible companies to come up with some truly
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exciting new rides to space
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nasa should be proud of this new program
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it saved them money and now offers a variety of options
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so now they actually have some
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overlap and redundancy in humanity's access to space
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and although this
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video was intended to highlight
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the commercial crew program
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to be perfectly honest
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I wound up really appreciating the space shuttle more
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after diving into this
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that thing was something really special
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I mean yes of course it had its flaws
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and it
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didn't quite live up to the hype of making spaceflight
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cheaper or safer
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but boy oh boy did it have some unmatched capabilities
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so great job nasa boeing and spacex
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I honestly couldn't be more excited for this
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new chapter of spaceflight
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and don't you all worry
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I'll be doing my best to bring it all to you guys
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I'm planning to try to make it down to
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that's right when you watch that video
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you are watching this straight
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video off of spacex's
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livestream has not been cut in any way
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so it's a fun new way to experience launch
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definitely check it out
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thanks everybody that's gonna do it for me
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I'm tim dodd
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