SpaceX boss Elon Musk in front of a Dragon capsule, May 29, 2014. -
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Even if it means going up very high, you might as well enjoy a panoramic view.
SpaceX, which promised to send tourists into space, understood this well.
The Crew Dragon shuttle will indeed accommodate a glass dome at its top, offering a 360-degree view to its occupants, says
01Net
.
Probably most “in space” you could possibly feel by being in a glass dome https://t.co/SOAIzxVGgX
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 30, 2021
Opening a protective shell
The dome will take the place of the docking adapter.
Elon Musk, who announced the change, posted a snapshot of the dome on Twitter.
This will appear once the shuttle orbits the earth.
For this the protective shell will have to open.
The Crew Dragon shuttle has already been certified by NASA, which used it last year, says
01Net
.
This version will not be used by the US space agency.
A departure next September
The first tourist trip managed by SpaceX is scheduled for next September, specifies
Futura-Sciences
.
This first fully civilian space mission aboard a spacecraft will be led and funded by businessman and billionaire Jared Isaacman.
Another man and two women will accompany him.
It is the billionaire who paid their ticket, considering that they were deserving people of American civil society.
Called Inspiration4, this inaugural mission will take astronauts in free flight for three days in Earth orbit at an altitude of 540 kilometers.
The dome will be installed on his return.
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