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I agree, Crew Dragon (and maybe Orion and Boeing Starliner) are going to be the people-carriers of choice for Earth launch and re-entry for at least the next de
by NortySpock 6y ago
I agree, Crew Dragon (and maybe Orion and Boeing Starliner) are going to be the people-carriers of choice for Earth launch and re-entry for at least the next decade.
- simonh 6y agoI don't really have concerns about launching people on Starship, it's the landing process that gives me the willies.
- mlindner 6y agoI think people are really vastly underestimating how fast things are moving. I think you're completely wrong and Crew Dragon will be relegated to only fulling a remaining portion of a NASA contract after less than 5 years. Everyone else (private astronauts) will fly on Starship.
- bdamm 6y agoYeah, I really can't help but wonder if SpaceX is going to go after the long distance travel market. Starship can do suborbital hops without Superheavy.
- simonh 6y agoOnly comparatively short ones, with limited payload. Getting to a ballistic trajectory from one side of the planet to the other takes almost as much dV as going to orbit.
- MPSimmons 6y agoA decade is a very long time. A decade ago, SpaceX only had 4 successful launches.