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@engineers_feed Pretty much

@Erdayastronaut Nosecone closing is recommended, but not required, for safe entry

When space travel becomes as common as air travel, the future of civilization will be assured

@waitbutwhy Space is the new air

Congratulations @SpaceX & @NASA on completing first crewed Dragon flight!! 🇺🇸 returned.

Dragon is stable in the water

Acquisition of signal expected in 5 mins

4 mins to Dragon loss of signal due to atmospheric entry plasma

Dragon will travel from south of New Zealand to Florida in ~37 minutes

Coming in hot

Astronauts land in 2 hours @NASA @SpaceX

@Erdayastronaut @SpaceX However, we did prove that a SuperDraco landing could work by doing a propulsive hover https://t.co/Mr7VFIQwWf

@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.

@meier1028 @SpaceX @Space_Station @AstroBehnken @Astro_Doug Great game

@NatalCicuto @Tesla @Kristennetten @TeslaForThe_Win Working on it

@engineeringvids The simplest solution is not necessarily the most satisfying

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@cybrtrck Absolutely. Long-lasting art is incredibly difficult.

This BBC article provides a sensible summary for how it was done https://t.co/le3r20BWID

The Great Pyramid was the tallest structure made by humans for 3800 years. Three thousand, eight hundred years. https://t.co/6DU46eMbni