SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk speaks with NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, together with astronauts Victor Glover, Doug Hurley, Bob Behnken a
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk speaks with NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, together with astronauts Victor Glover, Doug Hurley, Bob Behnken and Mike Hopkins, in entrance of the corporate’s Crew Dragon capsule.
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LOS ANGELES — SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed considerations about security for the corporate’s crew capsule throughout a media briefing at SpaceX headquarters on Thursday.
Musk addressed an incident in April that destroyed the first SpaceX capsule, often known as Crew Dragon, which had efficiently returned from the Worldwide House Station after a number of days in orbit.
“You are looking for excessive nook instances of the place issues go incorrect,” Musk mentioned.
He famous that the first mission was a hit, because the moreover testing represented SpaceX trying to push the boundaries of the Crew Dragon capsule’s programs and construction.
“If folks had been on board that craft, they’d have returned safely,” Musk mentioned of the check flight to the area station.
“You do not do checks since you suppose every part’s going to be nice, you do checks to seek out out what’s not going to be nice,” Musk mentioned. “I believe there is a basic precept: Be sure to fail on the check stand so you don’t fail in flight.”
SpaceX issued a full statement on its web site detailing the outcomes of the investigation later in July, which…