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Re:SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down After Historic Test Flight by nordsieck on Friday March 08, 2019 @08:37PM (#19343929)
> Would a landing in fresh water like the Great Lakes (or Lake Victoria if they need something more equatorial) meet NASA's requirements and allow the capsule to be reusable?

I'd guess that one of the big reasons they (and everyone else who does water landings) lands in the ocean, is that it is much more palatable to regulators to create an exclusion zone in the ocean, which people can easily route around.

Also, people live on the side of the lake, so there isn't much margin for error, which never warms the cockles of a regulator's heart.

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Re:SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down After Historic Test Flight by hermitdev on Saturday March 09, 2019 @12:48PM (#19347381)
I'd also wager that the concentration of vessels on the great lakes is significantly higher than 100 miles or so out into an ocean. Wouldn't want to land on a sailboat. Don't think that'd work out well for either end.
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