Re:SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down After Historic Test Flight
by Teever on Friday March 08, 2019 @08:56PM
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Ballistic descent capsules such as the Dragon have rocket engines in them.
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Re:SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down After Historic Test Flight
by avmich on Saturday March 09, 2019 @11:28AM
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True. However some capsules have rather small engines, and small available delta-v, so the whole propulsion package can be made, say, replaceable. Soyuz, for example, lands using only about 30 kilograms of hydrogen peroxide to help with control during reentry. Maybe Crew Dragon can evolve to have this subsystem serviceable.