Author Topic: In a parachute failure could dragon propulsively land?  (Read 8989 times)

I was wondering if they could still propulsively land because they tested dragon landing before. in an emergency situation could they do it?

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Re: In a parachute failure could dragon propulsively land?
« Reply #1 on: 05/10/2024 12:43 am »
They did no propulsive landing testing.
« Last Edit: 05/10/2024 12:43 am by Jim »

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Re: In a parachute failure could dragon propulsively land?
« Reply #2 on: 05/10/2024 12:58 am »
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1104509345922838528

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Dragon 2 was designed to land using thrusters, with parachutes as backup. Switched to chutes as primary, due to difficulty of proving safety, but Dragon can still do it.
« Last Edit: 05/10/2024 02:30 pm by StraumliBlight »

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Re: In a parachute failure could dragon propulsively land?
« Reply #3 on: 05/10/2024 01:00 am »
They deleted the movable ballast/CG feature that was originally baselined.

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Re: In a parachute failure could dragon propulsively land?
« Reply #4 on: 05/10/2024 01:16 am »
I dont think it is possible with the current Dragon hardware.  Im recalling something from the fixes resulting from the dragon test pad explosion.  Something about a valve or burst disk that does not allow Superdraco operation once in orbit. 
« Last Edit: 05/10/2024 01:32 am by Stan-1967 »

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