SpaceX Dragon Genius Landing Method Somehow Shocked NASA...

"SpaceX Dragon Genius Landing Method Somehow Shocked NASA...
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SpaceX Dragon Genius Landing Method Somehow Shocked NASA...
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SpaceX is resurrecting one of its craziest ideas: “propulsive” landings on Dragon spacecraft that were initially intended to serve for the company’s long-term Mars plans.
So, how will this happen?
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SpaceX Dragon Genius Landing Method Somehow Shocked NASA...
Space is inherently dangerous to human beings, and spaceflight is too risky, but it doesn't mean space travel is just spent for professional astronauts and legacy companies.
The rapid growth of the unicorn SpaceX who is the pioneer for the private crewed spaceflights is the obvious proof of that. However, great things always come with challenges and one of the biggest challenges that SpaceX has faced is the safety matter. You know, in this field, even a small negligence can lead to terrible consequences that last not only in a short time but can last for years. It's a reason why SpaceX President, Gwynne Shotwell said ""Astronaut and personnel safety is SpaceX’s highest priority"".
This is reflected in the way they make their already reliable Dragon spacecraft more reliable every day.
Recently, Nasa's Steve Stich revealed a new Dragon contingency: the Crew Dragon's propulsive emergency landing capabilities.
SpaceX Dragon Genius Landing Method Somehow Shocked NASA...
""We have a unique capability for the first time on Crew-8 and Crew-9. It's an emergency contingency capability for landing where if the main parachutes were all to fail, the Super Draco thrusters will fire right before the vehicle would make contact with the water, and then it would be an emergency configuration to save the crew on a really bad day.""
Eight powerful SuperDraco thrusters used in this case are normally only used in the unlikely instance of a launch abort.
Steve Stich, NASA's commercial crew program manager, said the emergency propulsive landing capability will be enabled for the return of the Crew-8 mission, which has been at the space station since March.
Adding details about the new emergency landing capabilities, SpaceX's William Gerstenmaier shared that ""we've actually flow it on several other Dragon flights before this. This is the first time it flies on a NASA mission."" He outlined that the ""way it works is, in the case all the parachutes totally fail, this essentially fires the thrusters at the very end that essentially gives the crew a chance to land safely and essentially escape the vehicle. So it's not used in any, you know, partial conditions,"" since the Dragon ""can land with one chute out, we can land with other failures in the chute system.""
The system works when ""the capsule detects that there's a problem, and it fires the, essentially the Draco thrusters at the very end, and then provides a tolerable landing through the crew. So it's a, it's a true deep contingency,"" outlined Gerstenmaier.

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