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SPACE X |the sleek Luxurious Dragon interior……

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Command modules come a long way from the days of Apollo; the Space Shuttle also the Soyuz program, especially the design technology ergonomics aspects and it’s functionally. As the days of building up to when the Soyuz tendership from launching passengering Astronauts and Cosmonauts   starts to expire from the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos end once” NASA”” Boeing’s” Orion and “Space X’s Dragon Manned Command Module” takes its place …

As for the interior in this was based on utilizing the up to date technologies.  One or many things that I like about the Manned Dragon nine Module, is the clean white tidy lines inside with the basics colours of white and black, in allowing more outside therefore using less energy to light up the interior for seven crew members….also the interior resemble something out from the a pimp out white out Nissan Skyline..

As with the central console in which allows navigation, communications and Helm control… noting everything is wireless connected that you could control the vehicle from a tablet or through an EVA suit as the Orion Command Module is which makes everything efficient…  looking at the main console is there’s no switches like the old days of Apollo Module replacing is a tri touch screen in which reduces the accidental switching in which is housed in protective housing… It should very interesting to see the NASA Boeing Orion Module interior would looks whether it would looks very sleek likes Space X Manned Dragon’s Command Module..

 

Owners’ Workshop Manual | this you really need?

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If you own one of these vessels then you’ll need to read this is very important, Captain Scott like how he reads manuals for breakfast, when reading Mr Scott’s Guide to the Enterprise  written by  Shane Johnson it’s an excellent read and you’ll get lost on board a retrofit Constitution class starship.

Haynes has come out with some interesting manuals in the past like the owners workshop manual to the Apollo mission Lunar module, plus the Lunar Rover also too the NASA’S Space shuttle| An Insight into the Design, Construction and Operation of the NASA Space Shuttle given if you love vintage space craft in your hanger or garage, and if you love docking to your vintage home, it has the owner’s manual  to the International Space Station.

But given currently that you have classic Constitution class Starship providing next to it a Klingon Bird of Prey, and love tuning your racy YT-1300 Corellian light freighter in your drydock, or that you love tweaking them also.

Now if you love vintage and you have these in your hanger or in orbit?
 
NASA Space Shuttle | An Insight into the Design, Construction and Operation
– ISBN-13: 978-0760340769
 
NASA Apollo’s Lunar Rover | Apollo 15-17; LRV1-3 & 1G Trainer
–ISBN-13: 978-0857332677
 
NASA Apollo Lunar Module| An Insight into the Hardware from the First Manned Mission to Land on the Moon
– ISBN-13: 978-1844256839
 
Also if you have these in your drydock or living a vintage Space station.
 
NASA International Space Station
– ISBN-13: 978-0857332189
 
United Federation of Planets | Starfleet comand – Constitution class Starship
–  ISBN-13: 978-1844259410
 
Klingon Defense Force | KDF Klingon Bird of Prey class
– ISBN-13: 978-1451695908
 
Corellian Enginering Corporation | YT-1300  light freighter series modified
– ISBN-13: 978-0345533043

Mostly if you like to know more about Haynes and the other owners manuals?

Also you could find most of these books on Amazon.com I’ve included the ISBN links to make it easier to find for you if you like to read manuals for or during breakfast.

For the first time…..first lanuches…

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As the Space shuttle program draws to a close during this week on spending its last duration flight of 12 days in space in with the International Space station, and Atlantis ending the program on STS 135, ending a brilliant 30 years hard-working  programme in which could lasted a little bit longer, given that there was another vehicle emplaced from the last time Atlantis lands on that runway, for the very last time. on that note it’s also the Day when Apollo 11 landed on the moon.

One interesting thing watching the 30 years of the  Space Shuttle programme, is the televised shift from analogue to complete digital now viewed from the Cathode Ray Tube to the internet of watching it through NASA TV, via USTREAM.

Space Shuttle Enterprise OV 101– the sister that start in all.

Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 STS 001

Space Shuttle Challenger OV-099 STS 006

Space Shuttle Discovery OV-102 STS 41-D- with an abort launch.

Space shuttle Atlantis OV-104– STS 51-J

Space Shuttle Endeavour OV-105 – STS 49

STS | space transport system

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That  night staying up till the early hours in the morning  and didn’t get to sleep till roughly fourish in the morning. watching the last launch of the Space Shuttle programme on NASA TV on ustreamTV.  It was ionic sad really that a there’s no transitional vehicle program to immediately to replace it within straight after. But least a year or so we’ll have to wait till when Space X with their Dragon and Falcon heavy or Boeing’s Orion and using the Shuttle’s heritage design to replace the role of the Shuttle.

Looking back when back in the early Eighty’s, that is the late twentieth Century on the date of  April 21 1981. Watching on the Phillp’s K9 Cathode Ray Tube color television set where TVNZ,  was live broadcasting the live launch of  the Space shuttle Columbia, OV-102, with it’s nicely matt white  painted (ET) External Tank, which carries the fuel of liquid Hydrogen and Oxygen to be combust in the (SSME) Space Shuttle Main Engines, also strapped right next to the ET, a pair of older designs of the ( SRB ) Solid Rocket Booster. using the O-rings, now days they use the J-ring seals designs, a very hard lesson learnth after the STS-51L (Challenger OV-099), which ground the shuttle fleet for a couple of years, till it got the okay to fly on Discovery (OV-103) behalf, also on the return to flight on Columbia’s on July 4 2006 independence Day, after a fatale hull breach of Columbia on February 1st 2003. 

In which lessons from the incidents lead to many redesigning of the existing systems, multiple new cameras was installed on the ET, SRB’s also following after launch checks of the newly extend Canada arm, (RMS) Remote Manipulator System  to do inspecting the Shuttle’s hull scans any foam damage or incursion that incurred during launch also the (ISS) International Space Station  plays a partakes in safety aswell.

Television coverage over the last few decades of watching NASA, have dynamicaly change in from watching coverage from television to the internet and through NASA TV to the NASA app on the iphone. On that note with the advet of the internet providing social media to keep in real time information through Facebook, and Twitter.

One thing I’ve notice in the end of this great programme is the way how they used, the names of the shuttles, for Discovery it been used to inspire once more ever so again to see what’s out there after Challenger and Columbia.  Given the naming of Atlantis, it’s fitting that it there will be another manned vehicle of a different heritage  soon to bear that name also her sisters once more.

– Enterprise- OV 101, – Columbia – OV 102- , – Challenger – ov 099 – , – Atlantis  – OV 104, – Discovery- OV 103,- Endeavour OV 105–

From STS 001– Columbia-OV 102

To STS 135-Atlantis-OV 104

#STS134 | OV 105 -Endeavour

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Last  night I survied by least three cups of strong coffee, watching the last launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, OV-105 on Ustreamtv on NASA TV Channel.  It was and enduring launch off set by least three holds, they had to repair the thermal tiles around the crew hatch,  some weathering  of in coming clouds holding for a least thirty minutes, and a the last hold for least ten minutes, before they resume the count down proceedures for launch.

Endeavours last mission is to deliver one of the last shuttle bound flight, of installing an Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, AMS-02, design to scan, analysis the night skies for dectection of  the missing matter, dark, matter and anti matter in the universe.

Endeavour duration is to last for sixteen day, but it involves other expeirmental errands.

In later years to come, you can find Endeavour in is resting place in Los Angeles, California Science Center.