How to train your Dragon @SpaceX HQ

4 responses to “How to train your Dragon @SpaceX HQ”

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   Wind Watcher

   Mar 15, 2014 at 2:23 pm

   Play time!

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   jurvetson

   Mar 15, 2014 at 5:09 pm

   Sure looks that way,..

   @wind-watcher — Exactly! And the toys get bigger… Photos over time:

   

   

   Building the Draco thrusters (eventually to allow propulsive landing on other worlds):
   

   Elon inspects the heat shield
   

   Security Officer
   

   Chasing the ISS
   

   Mission control as they "grab Dragon by the tail"
   

   Breathtaking perspective… approach sequence
   

   Looking good
   

   Splashdown
   

   Post-flight analysis in Texas
   

   Astronauts on Dragon
   

   One step beyond….

   

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   fromjameschou

   Mar 16, 2014 at 1:19 pm

   Is this the dragon for the abort test?

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   sbove

   Apr 4, 2014 at 4:58 pm

   only partially related but very cool…thought u might like to see this: Parachutist almost hit by meteorite, caught on back-facing helmet cam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfEdEIwhj6s#t=47

   apparently chunks of carbonaceous chondrite, a lot lighter than a metal, can go into free fall at around 190MPH…instead of white hot and 10,000 MPH…

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