SpaceX Dragon capsule to be 5-person 'lifeboat' in event of ISS emergency

[Admin]

On Wednesday (Jan. 18), NASA plans to start moving astronaut Frank Rubio's seat liner from a Russian Soyuz spacecraft over to SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule Endurance.

SpaceX Dragon capsule to be 5-person 'lifeboat' in event of ISS emergency : Read more

 

[B5Wars]

Crew Dragon only has 4 seats per SpaceX, as the requirements changed during development.

"After SpaceX had already designed the interior layout of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, NASA decided to change the specification for the angle of the ship’s seats due to concerns about the g-forces crew members might experience during splashdown.
The change meant SpaceX had to do away with the company’s original seven-seat design for the Crew Dragon.
'With this change and the angle of the seats, we could not get seven anymore,' Shotwell said. 'So now we only have four seats. That was kind of a big change for us.'" - Dec 2019 Space Flight Now article with SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell

https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/12/...ish-line-is-in-sight-for-spacexs-crew-dragon/

 

[TomMariner]

Wait, isn't SpaceX owned by Elon Musk who is under attack by our government for sending a Tweet saying that the short sellers of Tesla were jerks?

 

[B5Wars]

Wait, isn't SpaceX owned by Elon Musk who is under attack by our government for sending a Tweet saying that the short sellers of Tesla were jerks?

What does that have to do with how many seats a Dragon capsule can fit? NASA is moving Frank Rubio's seat liner as a precaution vs a catastrophic event that requires evacuation. It is not a normal procedure, but something of an emergency measure. The plan is to move his seat liner back to MS-23 when it arrives next month.

Musk is under investigation for his public statements affecting the stock value of the companies he was talking about. There are things you can not do as the owner of a company if it violates the rules on company disclosures. Free speech does not absolve you from the consequences of your speech. Violate the law with your speech and you can be investigated and prosecuted for it.

 

[COLGeek]

Lets stay on topic folks. We are starting to stray a bit off course. Thank you.