They also need the parachutes because if there is an emergency during launch, the thrusters will be used to separate the capsule from the launch vehicle.<p>They demonstrated this with their pad abort test:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=1_FXVjf46T8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=1_FXVjf46T8</a><p>Perhaps later this year we will also see an in-flight abort test, which will be very exciting.