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Thanks. Looks like no retro rockets on the capsule this time around to me. Wonder what the underside looks like now.
by alex_young 8y ago
Thanks. Looks like no retro rockets on the capsule this time around to me. Wonder what the underside looks like now.
- greglindahl 8y agoLooks the same as previous landings -- a big puff of dust. Normally everyone's showing up to claim that it looked like a hard landing, but the dust is kicked up by the retrorockets that make the landing soft.
- walrus01 8y agoOn this thing's trajectory and apogee, re-entry heating will be minimal if any. I wonder if they've looked at putting a crushable/deformable honeycomb type single use structure bolted onto the bottom side, that can be replaced after every flight.