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   Snidely to All   
   Re: Starliner back at pad   
   30 May 24 18:35:42   
   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   The Running Man  scribbled something on Thursday the 5/30/2024:   
   > On 30/05/2024 11:17 Snidely  wrote:   
   >> Starliner is again at SLC-41 ahead of crewed launch, L0 currently June   
   >> 1st 12:25 pm EDT.   
   >>   
   >> /dps   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >> Killing a mouse was hardly a Nobel Prize-worthy exercise, and Lawrence   
   >> went apopleptic when he learned a lousy rodent had peed away all his   
   >> precious heavy water.   
   >> _The Disappearing Spoon_, Sam Kean   
   >   
   > AFAIK the Crew Dragon docked at the ISS isn't suitable for a rescue mission   
   > since it's not modified to perform an EVA. Only the Crew Dragon capsule being   
   > used for the Polaris Dawn mission is fitted (or being fitted) for EVA.   
      
   Why are you talking about rescue missions?  Starliner's heat shield is   
   intact.   
      
   /dps   
      
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