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Purpose-built tax software is not the same as the random word generator.

Or usenet

Thanks!

Last I checked Orion had an NDS. Do you have a source for “they don’t have a docking port”? I try to stay abreast of space news, so if I missed something I definitely want to know about it

AFAIK the dragon and Orion could physically dock together - the NDS (NASA docking system) can be used as either chaser or target so there shouldn’t be any issue there. Orbital dynamics might be a problem, depending on what kind of issue there is. Realistically, if there is an issue that can’t be fixed the rescue plan is probably to deorbit the Orion and splashdown, unless for some reason that became impossible

Not at all, no. But they are going to do a 24 hour dwell in earth orbit to do checks before they burn for their free-return lunar orbit

The shield is ablative, so yes it is supposed to wear away. The problem isn’t that it wore away, it’s that it wore away in ways that were not predicted by the model. It “spalled”, meaning big chunks broke off.

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