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Red Dragon is a proposed modified SpaceX Dragon capsule for low-cost Mars lander missions using Falcon Heavy rockets. Proposed uses call for a sample return Mars rover to be delivered to the Martian surface while also testing techniques to enter the Martian atmosphere with equipment a human crew could eventually use.〔 The concept was conceived to be proposed for funding in 2013 and 2015 as the United States NASA Discovery mission #13 for launch in 2022,〔(Spacex Dragon lander could land on Mars with a mission under the NASA Discovery Program cost cap. ) 20 June 2014.〕 but it was not submitted. == Proposal == NASA's Ames Research Center worked with the private spaceflight firm SpaceX to plan a mission that would search for evidence of life on Mars (biosignatures), past or present.〔〔 SpaceX's Dragon capsule is being developed to ferry cargo and astronauts to and from the International Space Station. It is proposed that a modified version of the crewed Dragon capsule could be used for payload transport to Mars,〔 and would be a precursor to the ambitious long-term plans of sending a manned mission to Mars.〔〔 The diameter Dragon module offers an interior volume of for up to of instruments.〔 The proposed mission used a variant called Red Dragon, would drill about underground in an effort to sample reservoirs of water ice known to exist in the shallow subsurface. The mission cost was projected to be less than US$400 million,〔 plus $150 million to $190 million for a launch vehicle and lander.〔〔 SpaceX is currently planning the first Falcon Heavy rocket launch for early 2016,〔 〕 and quotes launch cost at $128 million.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Red Dragon (spacecraft)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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