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   Message 1,961 of 3,113   
   Andrew Gray to Henry Spencer   
   Re: SpaceShipOne and reentry heat   
   06 Jul 04 18:17:59   
   
   From: andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk   
      
   On 2004-07-04, Henry Spencer  wrote:   
      
   >>SpaceShipOne didn't reenter the atmosphere, it never left!   
   >   
   > If you're being pedantic about it, neither does the shuttle or Soyuz; by   
   > that definition, the Apollo lunar missions and their Russian unmanned   
   > counterparts are the only spacecraft which have ever reentered.  However,   
      
   Equally pedantic response: on that defintion Cassini also re-entered the   
   atmosphere... and headed on out again... as did Galileo.   
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