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It sounds like they're going to have to manually put it in orbit. Probably something happened to the software that auto initiates the thrusters to put it in th
by larrydag 14y ago
It sounds like they're going to have to manually put it in orbit. Probably something happened to the software that auto initiates the thrusters to put it in the right trajectory. I'm just guessing as I'm no Rocket Scientist.
- nkoren 14y agoIt's in orbit already. The question is whether they'll be able to get Dragon to the station. Most likely it's either a software bug or a faulty sensor -- the vast majority of aerospace problems are generally attributable to one or the other.
- dba7dba 14y agohttp://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/005/status.html http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/005/status.html FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2013 1736 GMT (12:36 p.m. EST) A NASA official says three Dragon thruster pods are required to approach the International Space Station. As far as I can tell, only 2 out of 4 thruster pods are working. Hate to say it but this 3rd SpaceX mission might have to be cancelled. Hope it doesn't turn out that way.