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RE: DeepFlight Dragon - World's Easiest to Pilot Personal Submarine

in #steemhunt6 years ago

pros:

  • key components already flight proven (Draco, PICA-X, pressure shell, GN&C, water/parachute landing)
  • full vertical integration of the whole stack in the same company
  • redundant landing options (powered vs. parachute)
  • reusable
  • significantly lower retrieval cost (in powered landing)
  • classic (proven) capsule design
  • lowest cost per mission (estimated up to 140 million)

cons:

  • toxic hypergolics used
  • powered landing reduces usable mass to orbit
  • powered landing not proven