Looks too short to be even F9 v1.0 first stage tankage.
The Dragon isn't heading beyond LEO in the near future. Time enough to solve the Van Allen radiation problem in a few years time.
Curiosity showed that a dragon on mars should do just as well as a dragon in Leo as the radiation environments are cOmparable.
Quote from: ugordan on 11/17/2012 01:36 pmLooks too short to be even F9 v1.0 first stage tankage.Maybe a GSE side tank. I didn't see "SpaceX" anywhere on that vehicle, did you?
Very likely to be a 12 ft diameter tank, but too short to be a F9 tank, nor Grasshopper. http://i.imgur.com/iOUkb.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/UDp9n.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/kf29F.jpg
Hi, everyone.This is my first post on the forum, and I have a question.Does anyone know, how much costs dragon capsule?
However, since SpaceX sells cargo delivery services to NASA at $133M per flight, and they advertise $54M for the Falcon 9, it must cost them less than $79M if they're profiting.
Quote from: Jason1701 on 11/18/2012 09:59 amHowever, since SpaceX sells cargo delivery services to NASA at $133M per flight, and they advertise $54M for the Falcon 9, it must cost them less than $79M if they're profiting.Combine this with the previous post and you get that Dragon costs at most $54M. However, the $25M left includes "extra services"; the actual amount of profit in there is anyone's guess.
http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:04ce340e-4b63-4d23-9695-d49ab661f385&plckPostId=Blog%3A04ce340e-4b63-4d23-9695-d49ab661f385Post%3Aa8b87703-93f9-4cdf-885f-9429605e14dfDragon uses the same design principles as the Shuttle and Hubble.