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Re:NASA Mars Mission Faces Setback After Heat Shield Cracks ... by duskwuff on Friday April 27, 2018 @07:45PM (#16945293)
Yep. Much better for the heat shield to break in a test chamber on Earth and have to be rebuilt, than for it to break during Mars atmospheric reentry and end the mission.
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