Science General Discussion

[Cute Pikachu]

no that's next week.

Im guessing tine travels the week after  

[Legend]

[DD_Bwest]

SpaceX - SpaceX is planning to send Dragons to Mars as... | Facebook

SpaceX is planning to send Dragons to Mars as early as 2018. Red Dragon missions will help inform the overall Mars architecture that will be unveiled later this year.
These missions will help demonstrate the technologies needed to land large payloads propulsively on Mars.

[the-pi-guy]

SpaceX is planning to send Dragons to Mars as early as 2018.

Take your pick for response.  

Where are they getting dragons?
Dragons don't exist!

Good, we need less dragons here.  They keep burning down my house.  
Thank you SpaceX for eliminating the dragon problem!

[Legend]

HUGE NEWS!!!

SpaceX seems like they're actually capable of thier Mars colony dreams.


Tweet includes another photo.

Planning to send Dragon to Mars as soon as 2018. Red Dragons will inform overall Mars architecture, details to come pic.twitter.com/u4nbVUNCpA

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 27, 2016

Red Dragon | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[DD_Bwest]

Take your pick for response.  

Dragons are just dinosaurs whove had their nostrils catch on fire from trying to breath in a lower oxygen environment ...

SpaceX says it will fly a spacecraft to Mars as soon as 2018 - The Washington Post

Nasa providing technical support

[Legend]

Dragon 2 is designed to be able to land anywhere in the solar system. Red Dragon Mars mission is the first test flight.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 27, 2016

Wonder how well it could handle Venus.

EDT lol

@Cardoso It could land on Venus no problem, but would last maybe a few hours. Tough local environment.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 27, 2016

[the-pi-guy]

"Land on Venus?  No problem, but you ain't bringing that sucker back up again"

[Legend]

"Land on Venus?  No problem, but you ain't bringing that sucker back up again"

Dragons are landers only. They can't get back into orbit even on the moon.

NASA plans to store a small rocket inside a Dragon to bring back samples from Mars.

[the-pi-guy]

Dragons are landers only. They can't get back into orbit even on the moon.
NASA plans to store a small rocket inside a Dragon to bring back samples from Mars.

That explains why dragons died out.  

[DD_Bwest]

this is just so exciting! landing rockets on boats, and putting landers on planets lol

i cant wait for the first FH launch this year to!

[DD_Bwest]

[Legend]

That's awesome.

Hopefully next time they can use a 3D camera for VR!

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

That's awesome.

Hopefully next time they can use a 3D camera for VR!

I'd pay for that ride. As long as it was streamed as close to live as possible. If it blows up I don't want the feed cut until the camera dies.

[the-pi-guy]

That's awesome.
Hopefully next time they can use a 3D camera for VR!

Hopefully.  We already have a couple of really cool space VR things.