SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule could be ready to fly NASA astronauts in three to four months. It would mark the first time humans have launched to orbit from US soil in almost a decade.
CEO and chief engineer Elon Musk told CNN Business' Rachel Crane that SpaceX is"going as fast as we can" to get the overdue spacecraft, which is designed to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station, ready for flight.Jim Bridenstine,
originally predicted both companies' spacecraft would be up and running by 2017.SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule flew an uncrewed demonstration mission in March, during which it briefly docked with the ISS. The company was expected to launch astronauts in July, but the craft exploded earlier in the year during a ground test of its emergency abort system.
contractors are behind schedule" and he wants to hold all of them accountable for delays.Bridenstine also noted that administrator tells Elon Musk's SpaceX 'it's time to deliver'Bridenstine referred to Crew Dragon's explosion as a"catastrophic failure," and said one of the reasons he's skeptical of the idea that Crew Dragon will be ready in the near future is because the updated emergency abort system"has not been qualified" and has not been tested.
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