SpaceX is about to destroy a rocket in a critical Crew Dragon test flight. Here's why.

[Admin]

On Saturday, Jan. 18, SpaceX will intentionally destroy one of its rockets in the name of safety.

SpaceX is about to destroy a rocket in a critical Crew Dragon test flight. Here's why. : Read more

 

[Tony]

" all future crewed vehicles would need emergency escape system"

Not really. SpaceX Starship does not.

 

[platinum_jello]

Well, that's a private enterprise, NASA isn't commissioning Starship. They could have clarified in their statement that they meant NASA crewed vehicles, but the article still isn't technically wrong.

 

[Anonymous010]

"Starship" would need one more than most (if I was a passenger and I found out they didn't have one, I would demand a refund on my ticket purchase).

Then again, that's all a long way off. Musk has a habit of being overly optimistic with his schedule predictions, and the first prototype looked...well...really bad. It will be a long time before they're ready to launch one of those things, and it'll be even longer before they're ready to take on passengers. That's a good thing, though - it'll give them time to get experience launching people aboard smaller craft and design and implement safety features for passengers.