
Ep. 645: The Future of the ISS
Astronomy Cast
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Space X Dragon Capsules Launched on a Falcon 9 Rocket?
The one limiting factor on the space x dragon capsules not being able to be used for lift is simply that their engines don't have the maneuver ability. And this is the kind of thing that can be fixed. But at the same time, is it better to keep struggling to keep the same technology going, or do we take and use it to rapidfire prototype things like the bigelow inflateable module? We are spending a whole lot of money to try and maintain something that is beyond its life expectancy. So what future do you prepare for? No, i s s an 20 24. What do we do? We don't know.
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