NASA awarded SpaceX a contract for $843 million to make a large model of the Dragon Spacecraft to de-orbit the Area Station. It’ll use 47 Draco engines as an alternative of the 16 on the Crew dragon. It’ll 4 occasions the thrust and 6 occasions the propellant. If there was ever a mission to maneuver one thing as heavy because the area station to a better orbit from low earth orbit then much more propellant can be wanted. Thrice the engines for 4 occasions the thrust signifies a 33% enchancment in thrust for every engine.
SpaceX and NASA might select to make bigger crew Dragons. The Crew Dragon can maintain as much as seven folks but it surely at the moment has solely moved as much as 4 astronauts. An orbital or Cis-lunar tug with extra engines could possibly be constructed to move many dozens of individuals.
The structure and programs utilized in Crew Dragon have been designed and examined for larger ranges of security.
There have been designs to adapt the Crew Dragon for Mars missions.
The SpaceX Starship and Raptor engines are getting larger and extra highly effective.
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