Why go to the expense of two dragons, take a BEAM instead. Add an extended duration pallet to the trunk too, if needed... Could make for some interesting stories.
Dragon doesn't have DV to enter and return from any lunar orbit. Flyby is all it is capable of. To add extra DV would require service module, which needs between trunk and US. Can't be in trunk as is that is mass limited by LAS requirements.
Dragon doesn't have DV to enter and return from any lunar orbit. Flyby is all it is capable of.
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2017/12/10/youll-guess-space-adventures-planned-send-moon/#more-63273Apparently a transference of affections to SpaceX...
Speculating on who bought the tickets, it could be someone who has already been a space tourist like Anousheh Ansari or Dennis Tito.
Deep space comm likely an addition under the docking adapter cap.
Quote from: Space Ghost 1962 on 11/19/2017 07:02 pmDeep space comm likely an addition under the docking adapter cap.Why not the trunk?
Quote from: Dave G on 12/14/2017 12:05 amQuote from: Space Ghost 1962 on 11/19/2017 07:02 pmDeep space comm likely an addition under the docking adapter cap.Why not the trunk?Oh, and Dragon also already has a sensor bay with a hatch ... a boom and a HGA assembly also might be made to fit there as well.
Quote from: Space Ghost 1962 on 12/14/2017 12:45 amQuote from: Dave G on 12/14/2017 12:05 amQuote from: Space Ghost 1962 on 11/19/2017 07:02 pmDeep space comm likely an addition under the docking adapter cap.Why not the trunk?Oh, and Dragon also already has a sensor bay with a hatch ... a boom and a HGA assembly also might be made to fit there as well.Yeah, no need for a grapple fixture on a circumlunar trip. As long as they can get it all to fit without interfering with any of the star-trackers that I believe are also in there, that seems like a good potential location.