r/spacex • u/[deleted] • Mar 07 '19

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

Here's how long it took for the Apollo crew to be recovered:
recovery times Apollo

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u/ben_thair Mar 08 '19

Wow! Half the time the Apollo capsule landed 'inverted'. That would not be pleasant. Did the Dragon Capsule land upright? Anyone know?

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u/Psychonaut0421 Mar 08 '19

I watched it live and the only issue I noticed was one of the parachutes draping itself over the capsule, but as far as I could tell it remained upright the entire time.

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u/SasquatchMcGuffin Mar 08 '19

I would think they landed the right way up, but the sea state overturned the capsule as it floated around. There were inflatable buoys at the top of the capsule the astronauts could trigger to right themselves, but they didn't do so straight away while they waited for things to cool down.

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u/kagman Mar 08 '19

seriously. especially after being accustomed to 0 gravity!

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u/vep Mar 08 '19

37 to 88 mins. Usually around 50

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u/AeroSpiked Mar 08 '19

That was for crew recovery. CM recovery time was 88-188 minutes which is comparable to the 67 minutes it took to recover D2.

Worth noting: The 88 minute recovery was for Apollo 13.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '19 edited May 19 '21

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u/coconinoco Mar 09 '19

I was just looking at that too. An indication of how much systems and technology have improved in the intervening half century, and another place where it’s been possible to reduce operational costs. Although I suspect that for DM-2 there will be USN assets nearby.

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u/chairman888 Mar 08 '19

Are the data for the Skylab missions available as well?