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Elon Musk has NASA Ames to thank

Original post made on Jun 14, 2012

When Elon Musk's Dragon spacecraft re-entered earth's atmosphere May 31 it did so courtesy of a heat shield material developed and tested at NASA Ames.


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Posted by James
a resident of Whisman Station
on Jun 14, 2012 at 2:15 pm

Folks are talking about using Dragon to land playloads and possibly people on Mars.

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