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To: moviefan8

It’s all about the cost. The shuttle was not cost effective and SpaceX is supposed to make money.

Plus I don’t think we ever lost a capsule on re-entry, IIRC.


25 posted on 08/02/2020 10:42:10 AM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: 1FreeAmerican

Capsule? No. A Shuttle? Yes (Columbia).

4 minutes out from beginning of de-orbit sequence start.


28 posted on 08/02/2020 10:44:22 AM PDT by hoagy62 (DTCM&OTTH)
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To: 1FreeAmerican
Plus I don’t think we ever lost a capsule on re-entry, IIRC.

We haven't. Gus Grissom did at least have the decency to lose his capsule after splashdown however :-P

37 posted on 08/02/2020 10:55:53 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain ("Racism" is NOT a rationale for fascism.)
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