2020-08-02
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@Erdayastronaut Nosecone closing is recommended, but not required, for safe entry
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When space travel becomes as common as air travel, the future of civilization will be assured
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@waitbutwhy Space is the new air
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Congratulations @SpaceX & @NASA on completing first crewed Dragon flight!! 🇺🇸 returned.
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Dragon is stable in the water
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Acquisition of signal expected in 5 mins
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4 mins to Dragon loss of signal due to atmospheric entry plasma
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Dragon will travel from south of New Zealand to Florida in ~37 minutes
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Coming in hot
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Astronauts land in 2 hours @NASA @SpaceX
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@Erdayastronaut @SpaceX However, we did prove that a SuperDraco landing could work by doing a propulsive hover https://t.co/Mr7VFIQwWf
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@Erdayastronaut @SpaceX All correct. Parachutes were originally the backup landing system, with SuperDraco thrusters as primary. Difficulty of proving thruster landing safety *and* architecture being suboptimal for moon/Mars caused us to change focus to parachutes.
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@meier1028 @SpaceX @Space_Station @AstroBehnken @Astro_Doug Great game
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@NatalCicuto @Tesla @Kristennetten @TeslaForThe_Win Working on it
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