> They expected the splashdown to happen several seconds later than it did. This could mean the capsule was going faster than it should have before its parachut

> They expected the splashdown to happen several seconds later than it did. This could mean the capsule was going faster than it should have before its parachute deploy or it didn't slow down enough when hitting the water which would be worse. While you can control for variables greatly when you're flying under an engine, I'd imagine it's not so easy to control for environmental variables (such as local variations in wind speed) when you're landing under parachutes. It probably would have been safer for the broadcasters to have had an estimated time of landing with a +/- 20 or so seconds on the display, but I personally doubt landing a little sooner than expected will be a major concern.