Very nice! Is it safe to assume that pressure vessel is intended for the Demo 1 flight?
Once the Demo 1 flight is complete, SpaceX will proceed forward with parachute qualification before performing an in-flight abort test.
More importantly, are these new chutes, different than what's been used for going on 6 years now?
As I understood it at the time, the drop tests they held off the California coast were of the new parachute system. Though it used a Cargo Dragon body, it already had the parachute location and harness reworked in what was thought at the time to be the arrangement for the Crew Dragon.
Related:SpaceX @SpaceX 13m13 minutes agoBackbone of Crew Dragon, the crew-carrying version of Dragon 2 spacecraft, undergoing structural load testing
Why does it take so long to develop and bild crew Dragon when cargo Dragon is already flying and is "mature" technology? Or human rating requires so much more?
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 06/23/2016 07:06 pmRelated:SpaceX @SpaceX 13m13 minutes agoBackbone of Crew Dragon, the crew-carrying version of Dragon 2 spacecraft, undergoing structural load testingTrick of the eye, or does the base have an additional section vs. cargo/v1 (among a few other changes)?(edit: or maybe the top frustum has been shortened a bit?)