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SpaceX on X: ISS Deorbit Vehicle Render (x.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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With 6x more propellant and 4x the power of today’s Dragon spacecraft, SpaceX was selected to design and develop the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle for a precise, controlled deorbit of the @Space_Station

Looks like there will be 30 draco engines on the back of that thing. Pretty Kerbal!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

NASA is not paying SpaceX enough to design a new engine for this, so they may as well use what they have.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

For $0.8 billion I'd design a new engine! (Would have to learn rocket science first but I'd be able to afford the best teachers, so doable.)