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2017-02-27 -Short Attention Span Theater-

SPACEX To Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond the Moon Next Year

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Posted by 3dc 2017-02-27 16:47|| || Front Page|| [10326 views ] Top

#1 It will be the death knell of Orion and the SLS - Senate Launch System!
Good riddance!!!

Posted by 3dc 2017-02-27 16:53|| 2017-02-27 16:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Love to see the insurance policies and non-disclosure agreements built into this...

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-02-27 17:17|| 2017-02-27 17:17|| Front Page Top

#3 ... Boldly go.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2017-02-27 17:17|| 2017-02-27 17:17|| Front Page Top

#4 And - we NEED the Senate Launch System - can it seat 105 or so?

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-02-27 17:18|| 2017-02-27 17:18|| Front Page Top

#5 No it can't seat 105 senators but Musk's Mars rocket ITS will be able to.

Posted by 3dc 2017-02-27 19:15|| 2017-02-27 19:15|| Front Page Top

#6 But what about 435 representatives? We need to think big here.

Posted by AlanC 2017-02-27 19:24|| 2017-02-27 19:24|| Front Page Top

#7 No it can't seat 105 senators but Musk's Mars rocket ITS will be able to.

I thought gas could be compressed?

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-02-27 19:26|| 2017-02-27 19:26|| Front Page Top

#8 #7 swksvolFF wins the thread! :-D

Posted by Barbara 2017-02-27 20:59|| 2017-02-27 20:59|| Front Page Top

#9 ITS capacity is 100 so 105 is somewhat compressed!

btw more Space News on Circumlunar Mission

Posted by 3dc 2017-02-27 21:15|| 2017-02-27 21:15|| Front Page Top

#10 Before this announcement Scientific American: How to get back to the moon in 4 years and stay

Posted by 3dc 2017-02-27 21:20|| 2017-02-27 21:20|| Front Page Top

#11 Lightfoot’s problem lies in the two pieces of NASA equipment he wants to work with: a rocket that’s too expensive to fly and is years from completion—the Space Launch System; and a capsule that’s far from ready to carry humans—the Orion. Neither the SLS nor the Orion are able to land on the Moon. Let me repeat that. Once these pieces of super-expensive equipment reach the moon’s vicinity, they cannot land.
Who is able to land on the lunar surface? Elon Musk and Robert Bigelow. Musk’s rockets—the Falcon and the soon-to-be-launched Falcon Heavy—are built to take off and land. So far their landing capabilities have been used to ease them down on earth. But the same technology, with a few tweaks, gives them the ability to land payloads on the surface of the Moon. Including humans. What’s more, SpaceX’s upcoming seven-passenger Dragon 2 capsule has already demonstrated its ability to gentle itself down to earth’s surface. In other words, with a few modifications and equipment additions, Falcon rockets and Dragon capsules could be made Moon-ready.

Posted by 3dc 2017-02-27 21:22|| 2017-02-27 21:22|| Front Page Top

#12 Nice place to visit with a beautiful view of planet earth but wouldn't want a permanent station. The tiniest meteor rock has no resistance to kick up a huge hole in things and they hit the moon frequently.

Posted by Glamp Whusogum5387 2017-02-27 21:26|| 2017-02-27 21:26|| Front Page Top

#13 link to one discussion

Posted by 3dc 2017-02-27 21:50|| 2017-02-27 21:50|| Front Page Top

#14 With 20% of the Earth's gravity, it's a lot easier to do a vertical landing there than at Canaveral.

Posted by KBK 2017-02-27 22:25|| 2017-02-27 22:25|| Front Page Top

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