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Dragon V2 → Dragon 2, Moved, 28 May 2016 (discussion)
Dragon 2 → Crew Dragon, No consensus, 16 August 2018 (discussion)
Dragon 2 → Crew Dragon, Not moved, 2 March 2019 (discussion)
Dragon 2 → SpaceX Dragon (2019), Not moved, 16 June 2020 (discussion)

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Add section for the touchscreen cockpit

One of the most interesting features of the Dragon 2 spacecraft is the design of its touchscreen cockpit. I suggest adding a section covering this aspect of the craft. The SpaceX software team recently completed a Q&A which has official technical information: https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/gxb7j1/we_are_the_spacex_software_team_ask_us_anything/

Full disclosure: I worked on the program — https://twitter.com/klebba/status/1102300821130104833

--Klebba (talk) 20:26, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

IF this article is split into two (2) entries, then the Design section should be include this level of detail. It is an important Differentiator between Crew Dragon and Starliner or Orion capsule designs.

--Beatgr (talk) 13:00, 27 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Dragonship Endeavour" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Dragonship Endeavour. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 July 20#Dragonship Endeavour until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Soumya-8974 ^talk _contribs ^subpages 11:32, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

fuel

Should the article mention the fuel used? Specifically, this is important as it seems an important part of crew recovery, to be sure that the fuel concentration is low. Gah4 (talk) 21:02, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure, but the issues that they had today could be mentioned in the Crew Dragon Demo-2 article though. OkayKenji ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:13, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dragon 2 name

Since at least 2019 multiple sources, including spaceX, have called Dragon 2 "crew dragon" when talking about the crewed version, and the cargo dragon (which may deserve a different article in wikipedia as it have differences with the crewed version) is the one called dragon 2. Maybe a clarification at the start of the article or a / on the name may clear things for amateur space fans and other visitors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.159.14.181 (talk) 18:01, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

“Dragon 2” aka “C200” is the overall class name. Crew and cargo are the variations/configurations they can be flown in. It’s just that a true cargo ship has not flown yet.

That’s like arguing, say, a Ford transit van with seats in the back is somehow a different vehicle than one without. Plus or minus a few parts, no matter their importance, they are still the same ships.