SpaceX Unveiling New Dragon Spacecraft

[Flutterguy]

Why does it need to be environmentally friendly.

If my car has to be environmentally friendly, I don't see why SpaceX gets a free pass.

[Elegiac]

If my car has to be environmentally friendly, I don't see why SpaceX gets a free pass.

The long term survival of the human race is not contingent on you having a polluting piece of garbage as a vehicle.

[Payday]

Why does it need to be environmentally friendly.

A contingency for those we "left behind"

[Nadiru]

It's a bunch of crap. I get the need to curtail environmentally unfriendly practices to make life on Earth more sustainable, but spaceflight research should be the 'carb allowance'.

Environmentalists ironically are pretty short-sighted. And the ones who aren't stupid are really just communists. Watermelons, y'know? Green on the outside, red on the inside.

[Flutterguy]

The long term survival of the human race is not contingent on you having a polluting piece of garbage as a vehicle.

Human beings will never exit their own solar system let alone colonize a new planet even within the Milky Way. Never. I am willing to bet anything on it.

[Olo]

Why does it need to be environmentally friendly.

srsly. they're building this thing so we can get off this rock. fuck earth!

[Darksoldierr]

Is there any recording of this?

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Human beings will never exit their own solar system let alone colonize a new planet even within the Milky Way. Never. I am willing to bet anything on it.

While, as of Humanity right now, i agree with you, but things could change to certain events. Never say never, but right now, i wouldn't give any chance to it neither

[Payday]

Human beings will never exit their own solar system let alone colonize a new planet even within the Milky Way. Never. I am willing to bet anything on it.

Don't go West young man.

[Elegiac]

Human beings will never exit their own solar system let alone colonize a new planet even within the Milky Way. Never. I am willing to bet anything on it.

Who said anything about exiting the solar system?

[Kraenen]

Space sex is gonna go places.

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Why does it need to be environmentally friendly.

Personal responsibility

[Flutterguy]

Don't go West young man.

Well, jump off a few buildings hoping you'll flap your arms and fly. I'm sure one day it will work because ANYTHING is possible amiright?

Who said anything about exiting the solar system?

You'll need to do it if you wanna avoid the death of the sun...or is there such a thing as thinking too far ahead?

[Elegiac]

You'll need to do it if you wanna avoid the death of the sun...or is there such a thing as thinking too far ahead?

Planetary insurance should be the most immediate goal (i.e. spreading to Luna/Mars). We can build from there.

[Payday]

Well, jump off a few buildings hoping you'll flap your arms and fly. I'm sure one day it will work because ANYTHING is possible amiright?

Yes, you are right. Anything is possible.

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You'll need to do it if you wanna avoid the death of the sun...or is there such a thing as thinking too far ahead?

And yes, there is such a thing as thinking too far ahead when the word is billions (with a b)

[Deleted]

Space is environmentally friendly. Besides cost, being environmetal friendly is a good reason to not use nuclear power for satellites. SARM design is annoying. At least for me.

[Deleted]

And best of all? It is a zero maintenance vehicle. It can be restacked and flown immediately, sensible if you have a fully reusable first stage that just need to be gassed up.

LOL you relay think that, you will have a army of engineers who will have to check ever up everything to ensure so that no stress, crack, leak, damage etc have have occurred.

I am sure that a refurbished rocket/capsule will be cheaper then have to build a new rocket/capsule but zero maintenance never... most maintenance on a airliner is to confirm that everything works after a flight... same will happen to the Dragon...

Really blown out of the water by this. By the way, here is the competition. LOL Soyuz. Is that a fucking globe?

What do the Soyuz including service module wight and what do the Dragon V2 including service module wight?

[Elegiac]

LOL you relay think that, you will have a army of engineers who will have to check ever up to ensure everything so that no stress, crack, leak, damage etc have have occurred.

I am sure that a refurbished rocket/capsule will be cheaper then have to build a new rocket/capsule but zero maintenance never... most maintenance or a airliner is to confirm that everything works after a flight... same will happen to the dragon...

When he says 'zero maintenance', he's referring to the current context of maintenance for reusable spaceflight technology. Compared to that, a between flight maintenance on the level of an airliner is practically nothing.

What do the Soyuz including service module what is the wight and what do the Dragon V2 includin service module wight?

The most recent Soyuz is in the realm of 7,150 kilograms. The Dragon is around 4,200 kilograms.

Doesn't really matter, anyway; what matters is that the Dragon is a vastly more advanced module that remains cost-effective without resorting to shoddy engineering that you tend to see in Russian modules.

[Yarathir]

Human beings will never exit their own solar system let alone colonize a new planet even within the Milky Way. Never. I am willing to bet anything on it.

Aren't you fun at parties.



So what do you expect? Advancement and technological process will just be halted?

[Reeve]

I feel like mechanical switches would be more reliable than a touchscreen.

[Elegiac]

I feel like mechanical switches would be more reliable than a touchscreen.

I bet you drive a manual.

Also, no; mechanical switches are more likely to be disrupted by particulate matter getting into the seams.

[Reeve]

If my car has to be environmentally friendly, I don't see why SpaceX gets a free pass.

Because there aren't several billion spaceships running every day.