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> NASA killed the propulsive landing for Dragon 2 Are you sure NASA was to blame for it? I remember Elon saying they are not perusing propulsive landing anymor
by iamcreasy 8y ago
> NASA killed the propulsive landing for Dragon 2
Are you sure NASA was to blame for it? I remember Elon saying they are not perusing propulsive landing anymore because of the amount of resources it would take to develop and validate the design. From what I gather, it was SpaceX's decision.
- rst 8y agoCombined decision. NASA was unwilling to pay for testing propulsive landing, or allow testing on cargo missions, because the parachutes already work, and SpaceX didn't want to front the money themselves.
- mandeepj 8y agoFalcon 9’s landing on land tech can’t be used in dragon?
- avmich 8y agoNo, it's not reliable enough. Energiya considered powered landing for Zarya capsule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarya_(spacecraft) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarya_(spacecraft) and felt it wasn't safe to land this way.