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What a somber accomplishment nearly 50 years after Sheppard's first flight we are still designing and flying splash down capsules???????????? I see SpaceX and Dragon as a shinning example of what what not to do. It is an amazing attempt to spend vast sums of money only to set-back US aerospace tech by 50 years. If this is an example of the best "new space" can field then perhaps the US is much better off simply purchasing flights from the Russians. Seems existing Russian capsule designs are far advance to Dragon and can offer proven dry landing capability. It is my hope the Dragon remains as a concept only and never sees the light of day. I'll put my tax money on the Dream Chaser runway landing capable and reusable that is an example of a 21st century spaceship. Sad to see Dragon hogging up much of the funding from more enabling designs like Dream Chaser.

<blockquote data-quote="airrocket" data-source="post: 99726" data-attributes="member: 1326"><p>What a somber accomplishment nearly 50 years after Sheppard's first flight we are still designing and flying splash down capsules???????????? I see SpaceX and&nbsp; Dragon as a shinning example of what what not to do. It is an amazing attempt to spend vast sums of money only to set-back US aerospace tech by 50 years. If this is an example of the best &quot;new space&quot; can field then perhaps the US is much better off simply purchasing flights from the Russians. Seems existing Russian capsule designs are far advance to Dragon and can offer proven dry landing capability. It is my hope the Dragon remains as a concept only and never sees the light of day. I'll put my tax money on the Dream Chaser runway landing capable and reusable that is an example of a 21st century spaceship. Sad to see Dragon hogging up much of the funding from more enabling designs like Dream Chaser.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="airrocket, post: 99726, member: 1326"] What a somber accomplishment nearly 50 years after Sheppard's first flight we are still designing and flying splash down capsules???????????? I see SpaceX and Dragon as a shinning example of what what not to do. It is an amazing attempt to spend vast sums of money only to set-back US aerospace tech by 50 years. If this is an example of the best "new space" can field then perhaps the US is much better off simply purchasing flights from the Russians. Seems existing Russian capsule designs are far advance to Dragon and can offer proven dry landing capability. It is my hope the Dragon remains as a concept only and never sees the light of day. I'll put my tax money on the Dream Chaser runway landing capable and reusable that is an example of a 21st century spaceship. Sad to see Dragon hogging up much of the funding from more enabling designs like Dream Chaser. [/QUOTE]

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