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When will SpaceX launch their first Red Dragon mission to Mars?

2018 window
87 (49.7%)
2020 window
69 (39.4%)
2022 window
11 (6.3%)
2024 window
3 (1.7%)
Never
5 (2.9%)

Total Members Voted: 175

Voting closed: 07/23/2016 11:49 pm


Author Topic: POLL: When will the first Red Dragon mission be launched to Mars?  (Read 31288 times)

Offline Paul451

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So I'm currently writing a short novella to portray a manned Red Dragon mission...

Manned Dragon? One way?

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Not one way. Flags and footprints, crew of 2...
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Not one way. Flags and footprints, crew of 2...

How are they meant to get back?

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Offline MATTBLAK

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Not enough time to get into that here. Just remember Zubrin's Mars Direct 'Lite' proposal from 2011 with pre-deployed MAV on the surface and Dragon/HAB/TEI Stage in Martian orbit...
« Last Edit: 12/05/2017 08:36 pm by MATTBLAK »
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