Are We Really Ready For Space Taxis?

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    • Publish Date: Aug 23 2016 12:32PM
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    • Updated Date: Aug 23 2016 12:32PM
Are We Really Ready For Space Taxis?

Two Nasa astronauts co mpleted a six-hour spa cewalk outside the In ternational Space Station to install a parking spot for upcoming commercial space taxis, which will end US reliance on Russia for rides to the orbiting outpost. ISS commander Jeff Williams and flight engineer Kate Rubins floated outside the ISS's airlock and headed toward the berthing slip once used by Nasa's nowretired space shuttles, a Nasa TV broadcast showed. “Great view,“ said Rubins, who made her first spacewalk.
 
Since grounding the shuttle fleet in 2011, the US has been dependent on Russia to ferry astronauts to and from the space station, at a cost of more than $70 million per person. During Fri day's spacewalk, Williams and Rubins attached an adapter onto the shuttle's docking port that will allow commercial space taxis under development by Space Exploration Technologies and Boeing to park at the station, a $100 billion research laboratory that flies about 400 km above Earth.

“It's a gateway to a new era in commercial space,“ said Nasa mission commentator Rob Navias after the spacewalk on Friday .

California-based SpaceX, owned and operated by technology entrepreneur Elon Musk, plans to begin test flights of its new passenger Dragon capsule to the station in 2017. Boeing's debut flight of its CST-100 Starliner capsule is expected in 2018.
 
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Kavya Lilhare PRESIDIUM SCHOOL INDIRAPURAM

No, I don''t think we are ready for Space Taxis as, firstly we don''t have launchpads for spacecrafts to take flight everywhere. Secondly, it is very expensive as, just to carry 1 kg of extra material, the space craft requires something around 90 liters of more fuel. Thirdly, not everyone can go into space as it requires special training.

Himanshi Dhawan Saffron Public School

Well, I am optimistic about the topic. There are many negative aspects but there are positive aspects too. And how can we forget that we are the only country who was successful in the Mars Mission betting USA, Russia and many other developed nations.

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