Friday, May 30, 2014

SpaceX shows off Dragon V2, its brand new manned space capsule

Ars Technica reports SpaceX shows off Dragon V2, its brand new manned space capsule "At an evening event in the SpaceX Headquarters on Thursday night, CEO and founder Elon Musk revealed the Dragon V2 space capsule, a next-generation version of SpaceX's current Dragon capsule that will be able to ferry up to seven crew members and cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) and eventually to other destinations. The capsule is reusable, and will be able to make a controlled landing 'with the precision of a helicopter' upon re-entry."

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