Sylvia Else wrote:
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?

Only from an emotional standpoint I suppose and the effect it has (or
not) on a potential passenger's willingness to board (once we get past
the point of flying steeley-eyed missile-men). Still, I don't recall
Shuttle's looking all that soiled at launch.

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