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05-31-2014, 07:10 AM
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05-31-2014, 07:50 AM
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Elon Musk, the guy is a legend.
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05-31-2014, 10:08 AM
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05-31-2014, 11:30 AM
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If Space X can accomplish landing the Dragon 2 anywhere a helicopter can land,then Elon Musk has placed himself in the history books for sure.
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05-31-2014, 01:08 PM
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Just adding my two eurocents to this thread.
I think Musk and SpaceX is what NASA cannot longer achieve. NASA lacks the inventive atmosphere and became a slow, top heavy, monster. This already started in the seventies. No place for 'SCE to AUX - guys' and Houbolt- types anymore. These are the types now to be found at SpaceX. That's why and how they managed to become a major player in just ten years time. Short lines from top to bottom, young people and anything but a bureaucratic workspace. I am so hugely curious in how the Dragon v.2 (what happened to the moniker Dragon Rider?) will behave on a landing course. This truly is something looking forward seeing happening. The first real space innovation in, say, thirty years.
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05-31-2014, 01:26 PM
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launching shuttle type vehicles from planes seems to be the least expensive way. I know it costs more for all the monitoring teams during the glide return, maybe one of those rocky jones type vtol rocket ships would be best!
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05-31-2014, 02:09 PM
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I can appreciate all the enthusiasm, but right now it's still just a paper spacecraft. It's going to take a LOT of work to qualify the Dragon 2 for human spaceflight, especially the powered descent mode.
Just my .02 USD.  Les (The Voice of Authority -- VoiceofAuthority.net - The Voice Stylings of Les Dorr, Jr.)
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05-31-2014, 02:26 PM
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Quote:
 There is a need for a replacement vehicle for the Space Shuttle. If this one works, great. Looks like it could.
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05-31-2014, 07:06 PM
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Does Dragon V.2 have parachutes in case the descent rockets malfunction? And I'm no rocket scientist, but it seems like a powered, controlled descent is going to use a heck of a lot fuel. Where is it stored?
Then again Elon Musk and his people have designed, flown, and returned more spacecraft than I ever will. From a purely aesthetic standpoint, the four fins on the new trunk look like something out of a 1950's sci-fi movie. I'm wondering when we'll get a model update from Alfonso....
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05-31-2014, 07:20 PM
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probably in the flip open docking cap?
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