Not really...
With recent launches F9+FH+Dragon has already demonstrated almost every capability the Space Shuttle had, w/ crew capability coming soon. (It can't provide external cargo return, or the most extreme missions planned for Shuttle-Centaur, but that's it.)https://twitter.com/cboldenjr/status/1145738757825540096 …
-
-
-
Close enough not to be spending $3++ Billion every single year failing to duplicate it with even less fidelity.
Ende der Unterhaltung
Neue Unterhaltung -
-
-
Whaaaat ? SpaceX rockets are nothing like the capability the space shuttle had. Stop idealizing SpaceX you’re making fun of yourself. That US nationalism and lack of objectivism are making US space journalists less and less reliable. New is not better just because it’s new.
-
I should have added ISS to the list as most of the capabilities of the standalone science missions went there. I was mostly thinking about launching satellites (as envisioned in the 1980s) and "crew cabin/mid deck lockers" part of space station logistics when I wrote that post.
- Antworten anzeigen
Neue Unterhaltung -
-
-
The Dragon carry 8 crew? Have a robotic arm to aid assembly? Have an airlock for EVA? No, no, no. Sigh.
-
I agree. Though given that how the Space Shuttle was used post-Challenger could it be said that most of the usages of the robotic arm and airlocks (and standalone Spacelab/science and free flyers mission) have moved to the ISS?
Ende der Unterhaltung
Neue Unterhaltung -
-
-
Dieser Tweet ist nicht verfügbar.
-
STS-51-A is a prime example of such a mission.
Ende der Unterhaltung
-
-
-
"With recent launches F9+FH+Dragon has already demonstrated almost every capability the Space Shuttle had..." Oh please. Not even close. Fine to be a
#SpaceX fan but please be reasonable. -
I was mostly thinking of launching satellites and the "mid-deck lockers" part of space station logistics support. Stand alone science missions (Spacelab/hab etc.) have been superseded by ISS operations. You are definitely right on external cargo return, spacecraft repairs etc.
- Antworten anzeigen
Neue Unterhaltung -
Das Laden scheint etwas zu dauern.
Twitter ist möglicherweise überlastet oder hat einen vorübergehenden Schluckauf. Probiere es erneut oder besuche Twitter Status für weitere Informationen.