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JF Mezei wrote on Sat, 25 Aug 2018
10:54:14 -0400:


jettisoning the capsule at best destacks the rocket, at worse destroys
stage 2.


Hogwash. It removes the CARGO and destroys nothing. The capsule can
be replaced in less than a day.

The way that the SuperDraco engines are canted, I suspect this is true.
They're angled *away* from the Falcon 9's upper stage. Surely the
initial boost would be straight up, which would protect the launch
vehicle from the exhaust.

Jeff
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