Dragon atmosphere explorer; a comparison
Dragon atmosphere explorer; a comparison
Mass Kg 10,200
Length 6.1 Meters
Diameter 3.7 Meters
* second capsule Mass Kg 7,200 ,docked to first Dragon
Length of second Dragon capsule 2.50 Meters
Total length 10 meters, Total Mass 17,400 Kg
This would be the American entry and the most interesting from a cost engineering point view, The science instruments procured in a traditional government method to fill the geometry of two Dragon capsules would be in the Billions of dollars.Perhaps the best bet would be to mass produce several types of probes such as balloon probes and to host individual paid hosted payloads.
The Dragon would deploy instruments and would never be pressurized meeting its end as the “Kamikaze Yellow Dragon” Thoughts of a buoyant Dragon that can flout are of interest as mission trade.
Yellow Dragon, a mission to repurpose existing ideas into new ideas 