Elon Musk revealed how SpaceX beat Boeing and transformed space flight Boeing and spacex's
battle has all the makings of a David and Goliath conflict one is an industrial Tycoon
the embodiment of American aspirations to explore the cosmos and a crucial supporter of the Apollo
program that put the first person on the moon the other is a young startup company led by a peculiar
multi-billionaire entrepreneur and staffed by a ragtag group of Engineers some of whom used
to construct water towers SpaceX however became the industry leader in the expanding commercial
space sector thanks to its vision of utilizing a modified Russian ballistic missile to land
a greenhouse on Mars to begin human colonization as a result it now competes with Boeing and other
long-standing aerospace companies for recognition and NASA money wanna know more hello everyone and
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on American human space flight between the two adversaries is forming about 50 years after Soviet
Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to travel into space both are vying for attention as
NASA aims to fly men to Mars for the first time and return to the moon the two businesses have
already engaged in Fierce competition in the risky sector of human space flight SpaceX launched a
second crude mission to the orbital station and the corporation also launched the first space
journey with a civilian-only crew as part of the inspiration 4 Mission a crew Dragon spacecraft
outfitted with an observation Dome carried four people into space including project sponsor Jared
isaacman though the second test flight without a crew was completed by Boeing Starliner spacecraft
last year SpaceX defeated Boeing on its own territory surpassing expectations to become
the first American mission to carry people to the International Space Station since 2010. the
Starliner which has been involved in almost every crude NASA space mission was plagued by software
problems and failed to Rendezvous with the ISS on a 2019 Journey causing the business significant
embarrassment only government-owned spacecraft were are able to make significant advances for
mankind in space until the first crew dragon mission which marked the end of the era the future
of Boeing and SpaceX depends on the performance of two radically different rockets and each business
is betting that the success of its design will usher in a new era of human space exploration
so let's check how the Boeing Starliner compare with the SpaceX crew Dragon the two spacecraft
similar in dignity yet quite different from one another starting with the companies that made
them SpaceX and Boeing but first let's look at the similarities between the two spacecraft both
are reusable space capsules with seats for up to Seven astronauts and cargo transportation to low
earth orbit and the International Space Station furthermore the commercial crew program of NASA
employs both Boeing and spacex's contractors though SpaceX received a 2.5 billion dollar
contract Boeing received a 4.3 billion one from NASA the average cost of a seat on the
Starliner is significantly higher coming in at 90 million dollars for Boeing and 55 million
dollars for SpaceX according to a 2019 report from NASA's office of Inspector General however it's
possible that this isn't the most significant distinction between the two capsules as only
dragon has so far been effective in transporting passengers in cargo to the ISS November saw the
completion of its initial crude flight fight and contrary the Boeing Starliner ran into
technical difficulties during its own unmanned orbital test trip in December 2020 which would
have precluded the spaceship from docking with the ISS an oxidizer valve issue that prevented
a subsequent test flight in April is currently being investigated by NASA and Boeing however
NASA is convinced that the Starliner will dig to the skies once more most likely in 2022 which
eventually happened allowing the Boeing spacecraft to join the orbital dance with the ISS and dragon
while both capsules will probably eventually be useful to NASA they represent two different design
and implementation philosophies here are some comparisons and differences between Starliner
and crew Dragon let's begin with the fundamentals what are we debating here despite being planned to
hold seven people crew Dragon will only be able to carry up to four astronauts on NASA missions it is
based on the unmanned Dragon Supply capsule although it is entirely autonomous both the
astronauts on board and the SpaceX Mission Control in Hawthorne California May Monitor
and manage it there are two basic components to it the crew and cargo carrying capsule and
the trunk there are also three Windows the Boeing built Starliner which is entirely self-sufficient
and has seating for seven people as well is also intended to transport four NASA astronauts in
scientific equipment When It ultimately makes its way to the International Space Station 2019
saw the completion of its first launch which is designed to be reused up to 10 times even
though the 2019 mission was shortened and the rendezvous and docking mission objectives were
not accomplished the Starliner displayed nominal or better than nominal performance during launch
orbital flight re-entry and Landing operations according to Boeing both dragon and Starliner
were designed to satisfy a specific need for NASA transportation of humans and cargo to and from the
International Space Station from the United States this differs from the proposed missions for NASA's
Orion spacecraft and SpaceX Starship both of which could conduct lunar and even Martian trips in the
future NASA had no choice but to pay for trips on the Russian soyuz spacecraft once a space
shuttle was retired in 2011. NASA didn't want to get back into the earth to orbit taxi business
but they still wanted American astronauts to travel to the ISS from the United States
in order to encourage the private sector to create a private solution the commercial crew initiative
was launched authorities from NASA have repeatedly stated that the agency wishes to see competition
and redundancy in commercial space systems as a result NASA awarded Boeing a 4.3 billion dollar
contract to create the Starliner and SpaceX a 2.5 billion dollar contract to develop the dragon the
starlighter capsule is a silver exterior and is shaped like a broad-based somewhat squat cone
that is somewhat over 17 feet tall and slightly less than 15 feet in diameter dragon is a slightly
longer candy white cone-shaped capsule that is 26.5 feet tall and just over 13 feet in diameter
although the two crew Dragon trips to date have carried a crew of four both spacecraft have the
capacity to carry up to seven crew members the SpaceX launches dragon on a Falcon 9
rocket because it is a SpaceX product eight super Draco engines on the capsule itself serve as both
launch abort systems and propulsion 16 tracko thrusters each producing 90 pounds of thrust
are used to steer Dragon once it has reached space Boeing built the spacecraft to be compatible with
a variety of launch Vehicles such as the Vulcan Centaur rocket and the SpaceX Falcon 9 even though
the Starliner was mounted Atop A United launch Alliance Atlas V rocket before its unsuccessful
orbital flight test in December 2020. there are also two sets of maneuvering thrusters and four
launcher abort engines in the Starliner the 20 orbital maneuvering and attitude control thrusters
offer 1 500 pounds of power for maneuvering at low altitudes such as in the event of a launch
abort and for significant flight modifications in orbit 100 pounds of force are provided by each
of the 28 reaction control system thrusters for typical space Maneuvers despite being completely
autonomous Starliner and dragon can also be flown by a human the Starliner and dragon procedures
in recovery are where there are the biggest differences the starliners intended to land
on actual soil after re-entry the capsule will be slowed by three parachutes and airbags will
cushion its impact with Solid Ground the four primary parachutes on Dragon's initial design
were intended to slow the spaceship down after re-entry so it could land on firm ground Dragon
would then use its super Draco engines to regulate the final fall later SpaceX abandoned the plane in
favor of having Dragon splash down in the water as a result each crew and cargo dragon mission
is so far touched down in the Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico just recently NASA announced that SpaceX
and its crew Dragon spacecraft have been given five more crew Transportation flights to transfer
people to the International Space Station with this flight spacex's total number of crew trips
for NASA through 2030 will reach 14. and with that being said that's going to end today's episode we
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