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Old June 9th 19, 05:46 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Fred J. McCall[_3_]
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Default Re-Entry through satellite constellations

Jeff Findley wrote on Sun, 9 Jun 2019
09:44:06 -0400:


Again, look at the landing accuracy of Apollo capsules. This was
achieved partly due to their ability to generate a significant amount of
hypersonic lift.


Or look at the landing accuracy of Dragon capsules, which do much
better than Apollo did.


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