http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/05/30/spacex-unveils-its-21st-century-spaceship/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:33:32 +0800 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/05/30/spacex-unveils-its-21st-century-spaceship/comment-page-1/#comment-1332444 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 23:25:55 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=2447#comment-1332444 Maybe not. You’re not going at orbital speed or falling from orbital altitude so you may not need all the power SuperDraco has to get free and land. With 128,000 lbs of thrust (2 x 4 x 16,000) getting free and landing would seem to be feasible on propulsive thrust alone.

]]> http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/05/30/spacex-unveils-its-21st-century-spaceship/comment-page-1/#comment-1332285 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 02:50:30 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=2447#comment-1332285 Yes I’d say that’s the idea. But if you have a nominal mission, the the fuel’s available for a powered landing and the parachutes stay packed.
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]]> http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/05/30/spacex-unveils-its-21st-century-spaceship/comment-page-1/#comment-1332209 Fri, 30 May 2014 16:41:56 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=2447#comment-1332209 I presume that in case of a launch abort, you need both SuperDraco *AND* the parachute, since fuel is consumed for getting the capsule out of trouble…..

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