SpaceX to Launch Private Astronauts in 2015
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SpaceX to Launch Private Astronauts in 2015
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Re: SpaceX to Launch Private Astronauts in 2015
#2I'm still stuck thinking that 2015 is 10-15 years away.
But 2 to 3 years from now? Damn that is ambitious.
Re: SpaceX to Launch Private Astronauts in 2015
#3I'm still stuck thinking that 2015 is 10-15 years away. But 2 to 3 years from now? Damn that is ambitious.
2-3 years seems to be SpaceX's preferred timeline (and they've hit most of them so far)
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#4I'm still stuck thinking that 2015 is 10-15 years away. But 2 to 3 years from now? Damn that is ambitious.
2-3 years seems to be SpaceX's preferred timeline (and they've hit most of them so far)
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.
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#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
2-3 years seems to be SpaceX's preferred timeline (and they've hit most of them so far)
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 crazies…
superdracos have been in testing for a while: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUUnYgo1-lI
Re: SpaceX to Launch Private Astronauts in 2015
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
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 crazies…
superdracos have been in testing for a while: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUUnYgo1-lI
Not actually in a Dragon capsule to my knowledge, though I admit I don't know how different that would be.
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#7I think it goes to show the incredible depth of engineering in the U.S. to go from start in 2002 to humans in 2015, 13 years, with all new tools, designs, engineering and manufacture with so few people and such little monetary investment. It's astonishing...
Re: SpaceX to Launch Private Astronauts in 2015
#8I think it goes to show the incredible depth of engineering in the U.S. to go from start in 2002 to humans in 2015, 13 years, with all new tools, designs, engineering and manufacture with so few people and such little monetary investment. It's astonishing...
Let's hope they land humans on the Moon and Mars in the next 13 years. Elon has much more capital now than back in 2002. They are the most likely company to settle space.
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#9I'm still stuck thinking that 2015 is 10-15 years away. But 2 to 3 years from now? Damn that is ambitious.
2-3 years seems to be SpaceX's preferred timeline (and they've hit most of them so far)
? They've actually missed almost all of their deadlines. 3-5 years is more realistic (if I were a betting man) based on past performance.
But they've certainly hit all their milestones, eventually, which is much more than can be said for nearly every other private space venture.
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#10Check out this trolling: the final sentence of the article says "AXE astronauts may even beat their SpaceX counterparts to microgravity" (in an XCOR Lynx rocketplane). As in Axe body spray. Uh huh.
This is trolling because
a) that's a suborbital spaceplane (which the mention, but don't emphasize), which is obviously a much lower bar
b) the Lynx Mk I hasn't even started flight tests yet, as far as I can tell from their press releases
c) really, if they want to talk about suborbital space tourism (which is what the Lynx is), isn't Virgin Galactic the market leader here? probably?
d) you really think that if SpaceX wants to do crewed orbits by 2015, they won't be booking time on a Vomit Comet long before then (and thus logging microgravity time)? seriously?