Maybe he was just saying it's too risky for him. Everyone gets to make that decision for themselves.
@Space Ghost 1962Do you think the Chinese government got spooked by the SX circumlunar announcement? Especially just before the SES-10 launch with "flight proven" hardware. So as to accelerate their Space program development.
Quote from: Zed_Noir on 03/30/2017 02:37 am@Space Ghost 1962Do you think the Chinese government got spooked by the SX circumlunar announcement? Especially just before the SES-10 launch with "flight proven" hardware. So as to accelerate their Space program development.I'll tell you who spooks me...Space Ghost!!
I think flyby is good idea but would like see an unmanned Dragon do it first.
Quote from: QuantumG on 04/01/2017 03:10 amMaybe he was just saying it's too risky for him. Everyone gets to make that decision for themselves.I think that's too narrow a view.If a mission goes bad and people die, that's going to affect everybody who is involved, unless they are psychopaths.
Quote from: TrevorMonty on 04/01/2017 02:02 pmI think flyby is good idea but would like see an unmanned Dragon do it first.FH Demo flight could throw a reused Cargo Dragon on the same path with just a cheese onboard.
In order to send a Dragon on a lunar flyby; the second stage would also be on TLI - it would not be coming back. And shielding the second stage enough the survive a nearly 25,000 mph re-entry like a capsule would not really be viable.
Do you think they're planning a direct insertion or a separate TLI burn after entering a parking orbit?I'd been assuming direct, but I can't honestly say why.
Surely that orbit-and-a-half duration has already been proven a bunch of times now.
Why else would you assume direct injection?Does it make it easier or harder, more or fewer, longer or shorter windows?