SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon COTS flight to International Space Station

This video illustrates SpaceX's vision for providing crew transportation services to the International Space Station. Falcon 9 has nine Merlin engines clustered together. This vehicle will be capable of sustaining an engine failure at any point in flight and still successfully completing its mission. This actually results in an even higher level of reliability than a single engine stage. The SpaceX nine engine architecture is an improved version of the architecture employed by the Saturn V and Saturn I rockets of the Apollo Program, which had flawless flight records despite losing engines on a number of missions. The Dragon spacecraft is made up of a pressurized capsule and unpressurized trunk used for Earth-to-LEO transport of pressurized cargo, unpressurized cargo, and/or crew members. Initiated internally by SpaceX in 2005, Dragon will be utilized to fulfill the NASA COTS contract for demonstration of cargo re-supply of the ISS. NOTE: This video is courtesy of SpaceX and was downloaded with permission.

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[willamricard]

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[RandyJ007]

@willamricard Thank you ^_^ I'm glad you like it

[RandyJ007]

@skadar They are FAR less expensive to build/fly/refurbish than the space shuttle

[RandyJ007]

@Apollo580 No, I am not shitting you, sir. I am also not saying that NASA spends too much money. They receive less than 1/2 of 1% of the annual national budget... and that is the cause of the problem. We, as a country, spend so little on space/research/technology, that NASA is forced to focus on pumping Congress, just to keep afloat. Because of this, they have shifted their focus away from their primary goals. As a result, the space agency is now spiraling the drain...

[Ondelendo]

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[bebeheuy]

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[imegatrone]

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[bundawartini]

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[Apollo580]

@RandyJ007 Milking money? Are you shitting me? They have a very difficult budget to work with. Even with the newest technology (james webb space telescope for example) they take the money away from Nasa and put it towards fighting in Afghanistan. Now that is a huge failure. Our idea of spending is so warped in this country.

[Helge129]

@skadar For a misson just to orbit and back, nothing beats a capsule. Other than maybe a space elevator :p

[Jenab7]

Don't you just like the way they toss away $15K worth of solar panel?