Wevolver
@WevolverApp · Jan 17, 2019
Eight SuperDraco thrusters, positioned around the perimeter of the vehicle in pairs called “jet packs”, fired up simultaneously to raise the Crew Dragon spacecraft for a five-second hover, generating approximately 33,000 lbs of thrust. #tech #spacex #space @SpaceX @elonmusk
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Dragon 2 was originally designed to land with thrusters, but it’s not the right architecture for heavy transport to the moon or Mars, so we decided not to qualify it for thruster landings
02:41 AM · January 17, 2019 · 0 views
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