The Crew Dragon launched astronauts from US soil for the first time since the last Shuttle flight in 2011. But it's a very different type of vehicle to Nasa's retired spaceplane.
In May 2014, Musk unveiled the seven-seat Crew Dragon concept during an event at SpaceX's headquarters in Hawthorne, California.The Crew Dragon has three different seat sizes with foam that is moulded to an individual occupant's body SpaceX engineer John Federspiel, explains:"When we wanted to take Dragon and make it human-rated, I think we took a different approach to spaceship design than has previously been done, because we wanted this to feel like a 21st Century spaceship."Probably one of the biggest features of Dragon are the touchscreens on the inside. We designed them not just to be very functional, but with a user experience in mind.
"It just might not be the same thing you'd want to use if you were suited up and trying to fly an entry or descent, for example, like we could do with the space shuttle," says Behnken. Commenting on the LES, Doug Hurley says:"That perspective for me is huge compared to shuttle, where there were what we call 'black zones'... scenarios where it didn't really matter if you had the right combination of failures, you were likely not going to survive."
When it returns to Earth, the Crew Dragon can't simply land on a runway like the space shuttle."I think there's an argument that the return is more dangerous in some ways than the ascent," says Elon Musk.The capsule makes a splash down during the Demo-1 mission, a test flight without crew
It’s the first genuinely 21st century spacecraft. Well done elonmusk
It looks like Fireball Junior.
Is it possible for SpaceX to put a man on the moon by 2024?
Un paid taxes. End to world poverty. Rich boys got to have their toys.
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BBCWorld The Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, which the House of Representatives passed and President Obama signed in late 2015 led to NASA and SpaceX success.
BBCWorld Nah I’d rather fight injustice upon my black brothers and sisters and other people of color, but NASA sure made a nice Saturday spectacle, didn’t they? 🤮
What is it with you guys using Nasa instead of NASA?
It’s fake we all saw the mouse climbing onto the rocket booster after the lift off
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