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0 pointsygra8y ago0 comments

Are they? I was under the impression that crew can be loaded via the Crew Access Arm with the rocket vertical, but Dragon would still be integrated horizontally.

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RX148y ago· 2 in thread

Dragon likely will be integrated horizontally but some national security payloads need vertical integration.

tuxxy8y ago

Why do some national security payloads need vertical integration?

jccooper8y ago

They won't say, because they're secret. But it's probably optics or just some legacy designs that they don't want to qualify for horizontal.

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