Re: Energia pictures of Klipper mockup posted to web

From: Explorer8939 (Explorer8939_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/03/04 

Date: 2 Dec 2004 19:14:29 -0800

fairwater@gmail.com (Derek Lyons) wrote in message news:<41b46cb4.7030909@supernews.seanet.com>...
> >I gather you have authoritative information that the standard Soyuz
> >automated rendezvous and docking system would require software and
> >hardware modifications for use on Klipr.
>
> I have eyes to see, and a brain to think. I need no more in this
> instance.
>
> >Is it the increased mass of Klipr that drives these modifications, or the
> >different flight computer? If it is the latter, what is the Klipr flight computer?
>
> The increased mass, the completely different configuration (I.E.
> different mass distribution, different locations for the RCS
> thrusters...)

Hmmm ... it looks like someone here has no clue how the Kurs-cm
rendezvous system actually works. Here's a clue, the 20 ton FGB used
the same Kurs-cm active box that is used on 7 ton Progress vehicles. I
wouldn't be surprised if that KGB Kurs cabinet was brought down by
Shuttle and re-used by a Soyuz or Progress on a later mission.

I also wouldn't be surprised if Klipr uses the Argon-16 flight
computer, same as Soyuz, at least for the first missions. Yeah, there
may be a patch to the operating system software to account for the
different thruster locations, but it wouldn't be a big deal. After
all, the Mir Space Station used the Argon-16 flight computer for many
years, I don't think that it would be a stretch for the 13 ton Klipr
to utilize the same system.

So much for the eyes and brain .................

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