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Yeah, that seems to be the case. Manned flight is a massive step forward though. It's not just a matter of making sure everything they have today works well e
by jlgreco 14y ago
Yeah, that seems to be the case. Manned flight is a massive step forward though. It's not just a matter of making sure everything they have today works well enough if people are on board, they still have critical systems that they still have to develop first! They still need to finish, then test and certify those second generation draco thrusters that would be used as the launch-abort system for instance.
The craziest part is that I think they can actually do it.
- lutorm 14y agosuperdracos have been in testing for a while: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUUnYgo1-lI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUUnYgo1-lI
- jlgreco 14y agoNot actually in a Dragon capsule to my knowledge, though I admit I don't know how different that would be.
- marvin 14y agoIt says in this article that they've already scheduled a launch abort test, which presumably involves a Dragon capsule with the SuperDraco escape thrusters. So things are going really fast. http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/2013/01/22/nasa-passed-falcon-9-engines-failure-october/ http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/2013/01/22/nasa-passed-fa... The Grasshopper experiments are also going along really well. I am shocked how quickly SpaceX is achieving milestones. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F75JMmFoEcE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F75JMmFoEcE