Chapter 158: Chapter 154 Space Advanced Studies_1

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Apart from the Dream Chaser, Space X also announced its own manned "Dragon" spacecraft.

Ma planned the second generation Dragon spacecraft three years in advance and directly started with the manned version.

After the NewSTS program was handed over to the Nevada Mountain Company's Dream Chaser, Ma announced that the second generation Dragon spacecraft would make its maiden voyage before January 2017 and it would be a manned version.

This was two and a half years earlier than the second generation Dragon spacecraft on the previous timeline, with only minor configuration changes.

Still with a maximum weight of 15 tons and capable of carrying 7 people, it didn't need an escape tower and could use its 6 "Super Dragon Throne" engines to perform an escape.

Differently, Ma planned to reduce the cost per seat even further, to below 25 million US dollars, down to 15 million US dollars.