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Topic: Evolution of Spacecraft Dashboards (Gizmodo)
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David Carey Member Posts: 782 From: Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 04-30-2016 02:13 PM
C'mon, who doesn't like pictures of spacecraft cockpits?!Still a 'switches and meters' guy myself but a nice comparison and chronology. |
space1 Member Posts: 853 From: Danville, Ohio Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 04-30-2016 03:00 PM
Very cool.One critique: the fish-eye Gemini control panel photo is reversed. But then there is another interior photo, a post-recovery photo of Gemini 3, which I had never seen before. |
BA002 Member Posts: 175 From: Utrecht,NL Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 04-30-2016 04:21 PM
The picture of the Dream Chaser's cockpit is obviously taken in a Boeing aircraft or sim. I suspect a 767, with some modifications. |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-30-2016 04:55 PM
This is the Dream Chaser simulator.What Gizmodo pictures is a simulator in the Cockpit Motion Facility at NASA's Langley Research Center that can be reconfigured for any number of vehicles, including the Dream Chaser. |
SpaceAholic Member Posts: 4437 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-30-2016 05:21 PM
None of the newer cockpits have "Service Engine Soon" idiot lights yet so there is still a bit of evolution remaining. |
bklyn55 Member Posts: 361 From: Milford, CT Registered: Dec 2014
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posted 04-30-2016 05:35 PM
Why do the antenna on early Russian spacecraft look like big bent paperclips? |
David Carey Member Posts: 782 From: Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 05-01-2016 08:07 PM
I suspect the paper-clippish things are "trombone antennas," discussed further here.As I understand it they provide a folded structure which can be tuned (adjusted along the "slide" for a length change) for best radio performance (receive sensitivity, transmit-efficiency, RF impedance-match, etc.). |