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His eventual goal may be citizen space flights, so a reputation for looking comfortable might be beneficial. At this point, SpaceX should have the backing of N
by Joof 11y ago
His eventual goal may be citizen space flights, so a reputation for looking comfortable might be beneficial.
At this point, SpaceX should have the backing of NASA and all their experience on things that could possibly go wrong. They've also done very well in unmanned flights.
The first manned flights will run into issues, but the problems they face are likely to be orders of magnitude less dangerous than their precursors.
- username223 11y agoYou can't "just hold the door closed" on a space ship. "Issues" may include "combustion upon reentry," which has very little commercial appeal.
- Joof 11y agoLet's change the argument. There's a much larger financial incentive to make sure a shuttle doesn't blow up. The testing process is going to be far longer, far more rigerous and everyone remembers the challenger disaster too well.