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To: rktman
Testing discovers errors...

...but when the Crewed Dragon's sibling - the Cargo Dragon - attaches to the hyper-expensive and manned ISS on a regular basis...

...then NASA and SpaceX have a responsibility to better communicate the state of the investigation.

Prudence also requires that Cargo Dragon flights get delayed until it can be shown that the failure happened in a portion of the Crewed Dragon that does not share design or components with it.

(But what the hell do I know, I haven't killed 17 astronauts in preventable accidents.)

6 posted on 05/22/2019 9:46:35 AM PDT by Yossarian
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To: Yossarian

“Testing discovers errors...
...but when the Crewed Dragon’s sibling - the Cargo Dragon - attaches to the hyper-expensive and manned ISS on a regular basis...

...then NASA and SpaceX have a responsibility to better communicate the state of the investigation.”

The system in question isn’t present on uncrewed Dragon capsules. It’s an emergency escape system.

Sorry for the late reply...


14 posted on 05/29/2019 7:01:05 AM PDT by PreciousLiberty (Make America Greater Than Ever!)
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