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He may have safed a backup charge, assuming it has unfired redundant systems. I am at work so I had audio turned off and didn't hear commentary. He only climbed up and worked at the one spot, which is where the chutes and recovery cable were attached. I may have missed something as I was skipping all the non-footage commentary. I have no idea if upcoming manned missions will use flotation collars. My thinking is that if they plan to do that with manned missions, they also would on this one. They definitely didn't use one. The Apollo version weighed a couple hundred pounds and was a handful to wrestle into position. The only thing I saw attached to Dragon was the strap wrapped around it that was used to attach the stabilizing lines.
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Aircraft Carrier recovery should be a requirement/mandate.
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Based on the footage, we could recover the Dragon with the S.S. Minnow. They plan to drop it in much closer to the coastline on future missions and unless they have rough seas, the crew could stay inside and get towed in by just about anything with enough fuel for a three hour tour. .
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Just make sure Mary Ann and Ginger are part of the recovery crew. Earl
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1st on the agenda, little buddy!
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Even the Mercury and Gemini flotation collars weren't much eaiser to install than the Apollo ones (the astronauts often helped the divers put them on the capsules if they'd already gotten out in the water, as Scott Carpenter did). The future landings, going by what the SpaceX commentators said (this first landing was 240 nautical miles east of the Cape and return to Port Canaveral would take 30 hours, while futures ship returns will take only about 2 hours), will occur just 16 nautical miles offshore, and: If the seas off Cape Canaveral were too rough, and they didn't want to delay the splashdown, there's no reason why they couldn't undershoot or overshoot the rough area, or even--if the Superdraco thrusters enable enough re-entry crossrange--land at least a few tens of miles left or right (north or south, for easterly orbits) of the rough seas area. If they did decide to land later, the changing ground track would enable landings offshore from Miami or other not-too-far-away coastal communities with dock-handling gear (cranes, barges, etc.) like that at Port Canaveral. As well: The Dragon capsule is a roomy vehicle, even with all seven seats filled, so waiting a few hours for recovery wouldn't be an endurance contest (plus they would have full two-way communication gear, and could carry Iridium satellite telephones, satellite internet devices, etc.). If they really had to get back to land in a hurry (with an ill or injured crew member, say), there are plenty of U.S. Coast Guard assets. Even if none of their choppers could lift the capsule onto a cutter vessel, they could evacuate some or all of the crew, then close the hatch, and the SpaceX crew could recover the capsule later, homing in on its tracking beacons.
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Whether NEEDED or NOT, the Aircraft Carrier recovery should be a MANDATE if for no other reason than historical purposes.
No "K-mart-ish" cheap baloney. Landing/Recovery should ALWAYS be a overly grandiose production.
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In a round about way, we are already paying for everything coming from Musk. He got rich off govt subsidies with Tesla, which would lose money hand over fist otherwise. Space-X has flourished under NASA grants. At least we are getting something good for our tax dollars with Space-X. .
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I'm glad to see them using cheaper hardware and methods, since we're paying for them (the already lowest-cost launch vehicle of its class, then added major component reusability, and a smaller, cheaper capsule recovery vessel). It's a good way to advance a new technology (U.S. airmail anchor tenancy in the early 20th century caused aviation and aeronautical navigation methods to be rapidly improved).
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