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Old June 1st 12, 02:52 AM posted to sci.space.policy
Sylvia Else[_2_]
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Default SpaceX Dragon Capsule Splashes Down in Pacific, Ending HistoricTest Flight

On 1/06/2012 6:38 AM, Rick Jones wrote:
SpaceX have an image up on their website in the Updates section now.
I guess the expectation is someone will clean-up Dragons with a
scrub-brush for re-use? The thing looks just as scorched as a Soyuz
to my peanut gallery eyes.


Presumably residue from the heat shield.

Aesthetics apart, does it matter if a less than pristine capsule is
launched when it's reused?

Sylvia.