SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond the Moon Next Year

Re:SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond ... by cswilly on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @12:23PM (#13755469)

I understand that SpaceX is not proposing to orbit the moon. Therefore it is more like Apollo 13. Apollo 8 orbited the moon.

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Re:SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond ... by foobarbecue on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @09:13PM (#13770838)

Good point cswilly, I didn't think of that part! And yeah, I meant let's try and not explode stuff too much...

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Re:SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond ... by sqeaky on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @01:37PM (#13756369)

Somehow I think the details of flyby vs orbit were not the intended subject I suspect he wants a generally smooth mission like what Apollo 8 and to avoid any unplanned rapid disassembly like what Apollo 13 had.

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