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Old December 12th 11, 06:08 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Greg \(Strider\) Moore
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Default Dragon as a emergency return from orbit vehicle?

"bob haller" wrote in message
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that it can be reliably controlled in an emergency.
The emergency could involve power, communications, or computers on ISS,
any of which could disable the ability to control the CBM from the
ground.

i am not saying this would be optimum, but just a last ditch fallback
in the case soyuz isnt available.


The whole point of the emergency return vehicle is to get the heck off a
damaged/disabled ISS and back to earth in a timely manner. If it's
stuck at ISS due to the inability for the ground to command the CBM,
it's not much of a return vehicle, is it?

Jeff


a realtively simple detach and release system could be built for
emergency use only.


Bob, you can' even proofread your own posts. You expect us to believe you
when you imply there's a simply system?

dragon deliverys freight then hangs out attached to ISS for
emergencies


Or, as Jorge pointed out, wait for the crewed version and simply fly that.

Don't overcomplicate things.

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