NASA FISO Presentation: NASA Collaboration with SpaceX’s Red Dragon Mission “Now available is the September 21, 2016 NASA Future In-Space Operations (FISO) telecon material. The speakers was Philip McAlister (NASA HQ) who discussed “NASA Collaboration with SpaceX’s Red Dragon Mission”. Note: The audio file and presentation are online and available to download. NASA to have limited role in SpaceX’s planned Mars campaign, Spaceflight Now “Expertise, input and advice from seasoned […]

Keith’s note: So what would this Dragon 2 mission to Mars cost? SpaceX would use a Falcon Heavy which they sell for $90 million. Of course it costs SpaceX a lot less to make the rocket than what they sell it for. Also, SpaceX is starting to build up an inventory of used first stages that they put into rockets and sell for something like 30-40% less than a new […]