The American company Space Exploration Technologies , better known as SpaceX , has presented the second version, much more modern and functional, of the possible NASA space taxi to send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
Thanks to this "space taxi", NASA could also eliminate the way in which astronauts reach the mainland, and they could land anywhere on Earth with a precision similar to that of a helicopter and in complete safety.
Dragon V2 has been designed to house a crew of up to seven astronauts , and its launch would take place thanks to the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The CEO and founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, has stated that “ as long as we continue to dispose of rockets and spacecraft we will never have true access to space . It will always be incredibly expensive. If the planes were taken to scrapping with each flight, no one would be able to fly … or very few, "he stated bluntly.
NASA, for its part, will study this and other models of space taxis with the aim of beginning the tests in summer and formalizing the sweet contract of 1.600 million dollars to carry out a total of 12 missions of refueling of the station with the spacecraft. selected space.
