SpaceX has thrown open the hatch to its Crew Dragon spacecraft, revealing a sleek black and white interior for the capsule it is building to fly astronauts to the International Space Station and other destinations.
"Step inside Crew Dragon," SpaceX invited on a new page of its website on Thursday (Sept. 10).
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-10-2015 08:11 PM
SpaceX photos
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-10-2015 08:12 PM
SpaceX photos
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-10-2015 08:12 PM
SpaceX video
dabolton Member
Posts: 419 From: Seneca, IL, US Registered: Jan 2009
posted 09-10-2015 08:13 PM
It appears rather devoid of functional items such as lockers for clothing and food preparation equipment.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-10-2015 08:16 PM
The trays to the left of the lower mounted seat likely represent cargo stowage areas (and on NASA flights that fifth seat may be removed).
SkyMan1958 Member
Posts: 867 From: CA. Registered: Jan 2011
posted 09-10-2015 10:35 PM
A couple of things stand out to me. First they talk about cloth seats. I sure hope it is beta cloth or something reasonably non-flammable.
Second, in their "Execute Command" panel, which is all touchscreen as far as I can see, they have Cabin Depress right next to Deorbit Now. Given that there are no hardware breaks, such as protected some of the circuits on Apollo, what happens if the Commander hits the wrong button by mistake?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-11-2015 02:23 AM
The cloth mentioned is Alcantara, an artificial substitute for suede leather. Alcantara has been used as a flame retardant driver seat covering material for Formula One race cars.
Headshot Member
Posts: 864 From: Vancouver, WA, USA Registered: Feb 2012
posted 09-11-2015 01:39 PM
I did not see a hand controller by any seat. Would the spacecraft's attitude be controlled from the main panel via touchscreen?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-21-2015 07:43 PM
quote:Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: The trays to the left of the lower mounted seat likely represent cargo stowage areas...
A photograph by Annie Liebovitz for Vogue shows cargo stowage bags in the aforementioned trays.
mode1charlie Member
Posts: 1169 From: Honolulu, HI Registered: Sep 2010
posted 09-21-2015 10:10 PM
quote:Originally posted by SkyMan1958: ...[T]hey have Cabin Depress right next to Deorbit Now. Given that there are no hardware breaks, such as protected some of the circuits on Apollo, what happens if the Commander hits the wrong button by mistake?
I had the exact same thought when I first saw this. I cannot imagine that this is the final design. I think (hope?) they had that there for laughs. No way NASA would approve such a design. Right? (Please say "yes".)
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 09-22-2015 05:08 AM
Assuming those are buttons and not lighted status displays, if they are in the final configuration than the concerns being raised can be addressed with confirmation prompts (similar to how when you go to delete files on a computer, you're generally prompted if you really mean to delete the files).
mikej Member
Posts: 481 From: Germantown, WI USA Registered: Jan 2004
posted 09-27-2015 01:50 PM
I wonder if they purposely focused on so many struts in the first ("interior") video ...
posted 09-10-2015 07:56 PM
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