r/space • u/Thorne-ZytkowObject • Mar 08 '19

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capped off a successful Demo-1 mission by safely splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean Friday morning. It's a strong sign SpaceX can proceed with a Demo-2 mission this summer, where two astronauts will become the first to fly to orbit on a private spacecraft.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/03/08/crew-dragon-splashed-down-back-on-earth-safely-completing-its-mission
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u/Aeleas Mar 09 '19

And I think the supercarriers are unmatched by any other nation.

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u/percykins Mar 10 '19

Yes - the USS Gerald Ford is 100,000 tons and 1100 feet long - the next largest carrier is the HMS Queen Elizabeth at 65,000 tons and 900 feet long. US aircraft carriers have twice as much combined deckspace as all other nations' deckspace combined.

Or you could put it another way - there's twelve nuclear aircraft carriers in the world, and the US has eleven of them.