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by 51Cards 4172 days ago
On top of what you've said I don't think enough people get the scale of this task. This is decelerating, balancing, and maneuvering a 14 story tall object, from supersonic speed at the edge of space, onto a tiny barge in the ocean. It's mind boggling when you look at the scope of what they are pulling off.
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Like dropping a drinking straw off the top of the empire state building and having it land in a glass of soda on the sidewalk a block away.
Except there's no glass, it just lands vertically on a coaster on the sidewalk.