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Old 03-09-2019, 08:18 PM
glend (Glen)
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SpaceX Testing Heat Tiles for Starship on Dragon Capsules

This is an interesting article about the first of the SpaceX Dragon capsules to complete three trips to the ISS. Just picked up after re-entry it is nice to see a space vehicle that looks like it has been used alot. Notice that they paint a ISS logo on the side to indicate how many previous trips it has made. I guess they will paint on a third one when refurbishing for next trip, sort of like the old bomb run mission graphics used on WWII bombers.
Importantly, this capsule was carrying prototype heat tiles being developed for the Starship.

https://news.google.com/articles/CBM...U&ceid=AU%3Aen
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