Comments on: Three astronauts launched to ISS on Soyuz https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/three-astronauts-launched-to-iss-on-soyuz/ Thu, 20 Oct 2016 14:14:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/three-astronauts-launched-to-iss-on-soyuz/#comment-939800 Thu, 20 Oct 2016 14:14:37 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=42289#comment-939800 Robert Pratt–
Most excellent!

I’m dying to make fun of The Stick, but I can’t, ‘cuz it is a good idea. (I have just never seen The Stick in action, before this launch.)

Don’t tell the folks over at the NTSB, they’ll draft legislation to control sticks-in-space. “If we could save just one astronaut from poking their eye out, it would be worth $35 million.”

TBBT “It’s a Shelf”
https://youtu.be/jPDG7EdZowg

]]> By: Robert Pratt https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/three-astronauts-launched-to-iss-on-soyuz/#comment-939672 Thu, 20 Oct 2016 04:56:34 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=42289#comment-939672 Looks a fine low cost, low tech solution to me. We’d build a 35,000,000 chair to move forward for just those few minutes. Reminds of the pencil versus pressurized ink pen story.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/three-astronauts-launched-to-iss-on-soyuz/#comment-939622 Thu, 20 Oct 2016 01:09:38 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=42289#comment-939622 Edward–
Thanks.
(I was actually wondering which seat the commander sat in.)
That longer clip does give a better perspective of how the seats are laid out, and how much volume there actually is in the capsule.
>I’ve just never seen the stick-thing, used before.

Yo– the “debate” just started streaming live on
Louder with Crowder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAm7Rm0Agxs

]]> By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/three-astronauts-launched-to-iss-on-soyuz/#comment-939618 Thu, 20 Oct 2016 01:01:34 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=42289#comment-939618 wayne asked: “–Is this a Bug or a Feature, of Russian hardware?”

I’m going to call it a bug, because the panel is too far away for him to reach with his arm. Notice how straightened his arm is, when he is poking the button, and how much farther he would have to reach without the stick. The other two cosmonauts (actually, out of sight below the first camera is astronaut Kimbrough) have a shorter reach to their parts of the panel, so they do not need sticks, as can be seen in the longer video clip.

It may be a feature, however. I do not know, but there is the possibility that for egress and ingress reasons the panel is far away from the commander — the middle seat.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/three-astronauts-launched-to-iss-on-soyuz/#comment-939575 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 22:29:14 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=42289#comment-939575 wodun–
yeah, –calm, cool, and collected. Barely a hint of vibration.

Longer clip (10:45) is here
https://youtu.be/vVDwg23JcFY

]]> By: wodun https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/three-astronauts-launched-to-iss-on-soyuz/#comment-939570 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 21:47:42 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=42289#comment-939570 @wayne

Talk about cool, calm, and collected. No emotion shown. Not a grimace, nor a smile. It would tough to tell if he was struggling to hit one button or if he hit a series of buttons effortlessly.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/three-astronauts-launched-to-iss-on-soyuz/#comment-939496 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:00:27 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=42289#comment-939496 C Cecil–

Absolutely.

-I’ve just never seen (or don’t recall seeing) astronauts reaching for controls with a miniature stick. (It makes perfect sense.)

on a more humorous note…
The Big Bang Theory – Howard goes to Space
https://youtu.be/gMZNx7bxZes

]]> By: C Cecil https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/three-astronauts-launched-to-iss-on-soyuz/#comment-939487 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:33:18 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=42289#comment-939487 At 4.5 G force, it is hard to raise your arm and hand. I imagine the pressure suite is a bit of a hindrance as well.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/three-astronauts-launched-to-iss-on-soyuz/#comment-939478 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:12:08 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=42289#comment-939478 some launch video is at–
https://youtu.be/ke_E4QZoKCw
(2:30)

Interestingly, they have cabin-cam view & one of the astronauts (bottom left seat) is using a (hi-tech) stick, to reach some of the controls.

–Is this a Bug or a Feature, of Russian hardware?

Completely.. just an interested-civilian as far as rocket-science, but I was under the (nebulous) impression–“all the controls are actually, ideally, within physical reach of the astronauts.”

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