# Red Dragon, SpaceX and Mars

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dragon-spacex-and-mars/766588>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 22, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dragon-spacex-and-mars/766588 "2016-09-22T17:17:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dragon-spacex-and-mars/766588/1 "2016-09-22T17:17:19Z")

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Well they details are out on SpaceX’s Red Dragon to Mars. Basically NASA will do 7 Technology Exchanges with SpaceX and get all the flight telemetry that comes from trying to fly multiple tons of hardware to the surface while not making a mess

Very neat.

[http://images.spaceref.com/fiso/2016/092116\_mcalister/McAlister\_9-21-16.pdf](http://images.spaceref.com/fiso/2016/092116_mcalister/McAlister_9-21-16.pdf)

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dragon-spacex-and-mars/766588/2 "2016-09-22T17:33:38Z")

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Thanks, Grey.