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 …
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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?
