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Clearly NASA & FAA know a lot more than you and most of us do. If they choose to let SpaceX continue launching their rockets, there must be a good reason behind
by nialv7 10y ago
Clearly NASA & FAA know a lot more than you and most of us do. If they choose to let SpaceX continue launching their rockets, there must be a good reason behind it.
- taf2 10y agoTrue it'd be rather nice to not have to read another article like: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/25/466555217/your-letters-helped-challenger-shuttle-engineer-shed-30-years-of-guilt http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/25/466555217/... in 30 years
- mikeash 10y agoUnlike the Shuttle, SpaceX's manned vehicle will have the ability to escape an exploding launcher. It's best avoided, obviously, but a repeat of Challenger should end with everybody safe and sound, just not in orbit.
- agildehaus 10y agoDragon 2 will have abort modes throughout the flight. The Interplanetary Transport System (aka MCT)? Nope.
- nickik 10y agoNot quite true. The MCT should be able to escape as well, it will just not be able to do it as reactivly as the Dragon 2.
- agildehaus 10y agoDefinitely not as reactively, not convinced it will work as an abort, and not at all on Mars. https://mobile.twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/780896313676148737 https://mobile.twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/780896313676148...
- nrjdhsbsid 10y agoBecause rockets explode all the time and it's not really dangerous unless people are involved. Rockets are routinely exploded on purpose during testing.