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re: SpaceX Endeavor capsule might splashdown near Prnsacola

Posted on 8/1/20 at 8:57 pm to
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
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Posted on 8/1/20 at 8:57 pm to
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I'm pretty surprised SpaceX would take such a vanilla approach to landing astronauts


The original designs had it, but they cut it given how much testing and time it would take to certify the systems. They say they were okay with it originally because the R+D could double up with their planned mechanism for Mars landings. When they decided on a different approach for Mars, value for it on Dragon went to nothing.
Posted by rt3
now in the piney woods of Pineville
Member since Apr 2011
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Posted on 8/1/20 at 9:01 pm to
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The original designs had it, but they cut it given how much testing and time it would take to certify the systems. They say they were okay with it originally because the R+D could double up with their planned mechanism for Mars landings. When they decided on a different approach for Mars, value for it on Dragon went to nothing.

is Falcon Heavy what they plan to use for the missions to Mars?

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