I am occasionally high-minded about space exploration. The quest for knowledge, the nobility of the human spirit, the inexorable call of the great void, blah blah blah. But then there are other times when I admit to myself that a sizable part of my interest is a simple, primal enthrallment at finding out just how…
That was partially tongue-in-cheek, but there are definitely risks with a rocket that has only flown one time, four years ago, and a capsule with a new ECLSS system and reentry profile. Neither of those things would fly crew if we were talking about Dragon or Starliner.
That was partially tongue-in-cheek, but there are definitely risks with a rocket that has only flown one time, four years ago, and a capsule with a new ECLSS system and reentry profile. Neither of those things would fly crew if we were talking about Dragon or Starliner.