Captain Jebediah pilots a Civvie to perform an aerial survey at Danzon’s Breach then fly out to the West Shore Desert for atmospheric readings, but he is forced instead to land early after the survey
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all 4 astronauts have set out via airship for a 1.5 day journey to the Badlands, where they will spend 3 days surviving w/minimal supplies
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Jeb will have a mission when he gets back next week, as bit.ly/GenesisProgram signs a new observation contract with Rokea
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astronauts are doing well & heading back to KSC from Ockr, except Bob who is staying to catch the last day of the KAS space symposium
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now that Bob is back, astronauts are gathering with upper-level staff to review Badlands excursion and ID lessons, hazards, issues, etc
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all these exercises & the things we learn from them will eventually be applied to our kerbed orbital flight program in 2019 (maybe late '18)
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very productive meeting on the future of kerbed spaceflight! Now Jeb can grab some lunch & begin prepping for his Civvie flight 3rd sunrise
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ground crews prepping Civvie #1, parked on the tarmac, for departure. Weather is a potential issue we are watching - dark skies out west
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sunrise is approaching & Jeb is heading out to the flight line to perform his inspection prior to preflight. Weather is still w/in minimums
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Jeb is climbing aboard to begin preflight & weather is looking great, seems whatever system was out west stayed on other side of the mtns
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Flight has cleared Jeb to taxi & takeoff from Rwy27. Winds calm, clouds 4.3km skies mostly clear - couldn't ask for better flying weather!
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Jeb will depart & head north to bit.ly/Danzons_Breach for aerial observations then out to the West Shore Desert for atmo sampling
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on course for his observation area after a good departure, Jeb is at 1km climbing for 4km moving @ 70-75m/s, ETA to the Breach is ~10 min
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a look north at the area around Danzon's Breach. Jeb is at 3.2km ASL traveling 85m/s & will circle wide around the area to head back south
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Jeb is reporting that the controls have been getting slightly more sluggish as the flight progresses, will continue to monitor the situation
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heading back south now, Jeb has decided he's terminating the remainder of the mission & heading straight back to KSC "while I still can"
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we've clarified with Jeb that he is not declaring an emergency, but is concerned about the amount of force needed to maneuver the aircraft
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Flight has cleared jeb to cut across the bay straight onto base leg for Rwy27 rather than fly around it as normal onto downwind leg approach
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this is forcing Jeb to descend faster than normal, as fast as possible actually - he's at full down trim w/engine @ idle descending @ ~10m/s
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coming down quick still, we have the rescue boat crew alerted & ready. Jeb just needs to make one more big turn to setup for final approach
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he's down! On the runway, we mean 🙂 Glad to have Jeb back safe, he's taxiing into the HAB so crews can have a good look at the aircraft
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debrief over, Jeb flew that non-standard approach extremely well! Commendations from Flight. Still waiting to hear from Civvie mechanics
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HAB crew have confirmed everyone's suspicions - Civvie sprung a leak in its hydraulics cables. Will be patched up rdy to fly again by Thurs
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we're scrubbing all missions & calling it a week! *shakes fists at the sky* learn more of this week's activities: bit.ly/OpsSummary6-26…
