Elon (says Dragon is still technically capable of propulsive landing, but had to delete the legs, so would have to be soft surface.But basically propulsive landing for Dragon 2 has been deleted due to qualifying for safe landing. Could bring it back later.
Elon ISSRDC Summary: ISS is cool. More reuse advances. FH is super challenging. BFR's getting a little sister. Red Dragon is dead.
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 07/19/2017 06:31 pmElon ISSRDC Summary: ISS is cool. More reuse advances. FH is super challenging. BFR's getting a little sister. Red Dragon is dead.and moonbase!
so does this mean the 2020 goal of sending a Dragon 2 to Mars is dead?
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 07/19/2017 06:13 pmElon (says Dragon is still technically capable of propulsive landing, but had to delete the legs, so would have to be soft surface.But basically propulsive landing for Dragon 2 has been deleted due to qualifying for safe landing. Could bring it back later.Also, he implicitly kills red dragon. "Not the approach we want for mars anymore, new architecture is"
Quote from: Ronsmytheiii on 07/19/2017 06:39 pmQuote from: Chris Bergin on 07/19/2017 06:31 pmElon ISSRDC Summary: ISS is cool. More reuse advances. FH is super challenging. BFR's getting a little sister. Red Dragon is dead.and moonbase!Grey Dragon instead of cancelled Red Dragon? hm..
Old ITS design was 12m diameter and 550 tons to LEO expendable. Any indication of how big the new ITS-lite could be?
Quote from: blasphemer on 07/19/2017 06:44 pmOld ITS design was 12m diameter and 550 tons to LEO expendable. Any indication of how big the new ITS-lite could be?New ITS-lite probably still larger than Saturn V or SLS. Would be very surprised if it is not bigger than SLS.
Quote from: rakaydos on 07/19/2017 06:16 pmQuote from: Chris Bergin on 07/19/2017 06:13 pmElon (says Dragon is still technically capable of propulsive landing, but had to delete the legs, so would have to be soft surface.But basically propulsive landing for Dragon 2 has been deleted due to qualifying for safe landing. Could bring it back later.Also, he implicitly kills red dragon. "Not the approach we want for mars anymore, new architecture is"Yes, I believe Elon said words to the effect that the Red Dragon landing approach wasn't viable (need to watch again to get exact quote), so that and qualification cost for crew ruled it out.Sounded like having the SuperDracos on the side was an issue?