Elon Musk outlines the upcoming test program for the development of the man-rated Dragon capsule.
Elon Musk outlines the upcoming test program for the development of the man-rated Dragon capsule.
The bottom line is that they are planning two major unmanned flight tests in 2014, followed by a manned flight test in 2015. The manned flight would use their employees, not NASA astronauts.
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Elon Musk outlines the upcoming test program for the development of the man-rated Dragon capsule.
The bottom line is that they are planning two major unmanned flight tests in 2014, followed by a manned flight test in 2015. The manned flight would use their employees, not NASA astronauts.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Once they have a ship rated for returning people to Earth they will have the ability to sell these capsules to other nations.
Maybe not with the same electronics but with everything else ready for space.
They could make profit from not even putting them into space themselves.
They could eventually spin off the manufacturing end as its own separate company.
They could even spin off a taxi service company using equipment they lease from their other divisions and spin offs.
A wonder if the falcon could eventually be launched from a ocean ship like the French are doing?
This would give them the ability to rent out launch services to other nation right off their own coasts.