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ThirtyMileSniper t1_iwkrix3 wrote

Reply to comment by youknowithadtobedone in Is it really safe for humans to land inside a starship? by football_enjoyer

But the dragon capsule has (had?) an abort system built in.

Have they totally abandoned that now?

Space x philosophy though doesn't really matter if it doesn't get a licence to carry people. I understood that the philosophy for the people granting licences for vehicles to carry people to space from the US needed that.

I suppose though that he could launch from China where it appears they could not care less about any space related conventions.

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tactlessnutter t1_iwks14l wrote

Dragon does have an abort system. The difference between Dragon and Starship is that the latter is supposed to fly frequently. They intend to fly several uncrewed missions before putting humans on it.

They never abandoned a Starship abort system because it has never had one.

Even if it were possible for SpaceX to launch from China (it isn't), they are still a US-based company.

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ThirtyMileSniper t1_iwks9dt wrote

I apologize about the confusion, I wasn't refering to abandoning an escape system on starship, I was asking if the dragon capsule had been abandoned.

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Sweet_Example_7248 t1_iwkt76q wrote

I think the Dragon Capsule is still used for supply missions to the ISS, as well as for ferrying the astronauts.

Starship and Dragon were designed for totally different purposes.

The former for interplanetary travel and expansion, the latter for orbital supply missions.

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