The future might be closer than ever. SpaceX this week its new space capsule will be presented for future manned flights. The spacecraft looks to us surprisingly comfortable.
There are images online appeared of the new Crew Dragon capsule. That is a further development of the existing Dragon capsule, which from the beginning by SpaceX is designed to help people to the space to transport. The Dragon was in 2012 the first commercial spacecraft taking cargo to the ISS brought.
The photos and videos that SpaceX online, betray barely that we do with a spacecraft for people. Usually see the capsules, such as that of the Russian Soyuz, on the inside, namely tight and so uncomfortable. The white interior of the Crew Dragon, including the chairs of carbon fiber and suede-alternative alcantara, claims on the other hand is the opposite.
With four windows, there is, according to SpaceX on the road enough to see. The mercury in the space capsule comes in between 65 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit, or around the 18 to 27 degrees Celsius. Crew members can the temperature allegedly set by yourself, thanks to the so-called Environmental Control and Life Support System. They do not have to worry about the control, because the vehicle will from the earth to be served.
Yes, we can be found in the Crew Dragon, but that is of course a smaakkwestie. It is not yet known if there are people with the capsule to space. SpaceX has a contract with NASA in 2017 the first astronauts to carry. It is not yet clear whether this is the Crew Dragon will be.