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Case Study: The Spacex Dragon

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When designing an aircraft you can take parts or system ideas from other and kind of make something new. The same can be done about space aircraft, you can mix capsules and rockets, software, or hardware. Such as with the SpaceX Dragon capsule where it can swap out he two rockets called the Falcon one and Falcon nine launch. (1) Electrical fields can also cause problems in the system of space craft as they are lifting off, friction from the air and the outside of the space craft. As well as rocket exhaust effects and fluid flow. At least that is what was discovered when the national aeronautics and space administration were conducting their first launches in their early years with the Apollo program. These things that the national aeronautics and space administration …show more content…

The space craft is used to transport cargo to the international space station as of late. It is designed to be the size of about the nose of the space shuttle orbiter, so it does not carry much in retrospect. It can only carry cargo at this time, the rocket is made up first stage, interstage, second stage, and the dragon itself. The factors of how to send a rocket into space is stated above with radiation and electrostatic problems having an effect on the space craft. There is a lot that goes into it. The Dragon space craft itself has a nose cap, docking hatch, maneuvering thrusters, a heat shield, internal storage in the main compartment, a trunk that can hold up to 490 cubic feet, and solar panel “wings”. (1) It has made a few runs to the international space station already, some successful and others unsuccessful. The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon malfunctioned a few times in those launches, such as exploding. (1) The Dragon is expected to have its first test flight with humans later this year, but if the underlying issues are not addressed then there will be problems in the

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