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Dropped from a weather balloon at 102,000 ft. in altitude, it does not take long for SpaceWorks’ reentry test capsule to approach Mach 0.93 before friction from the Earth’s atmosphere, a drogue chute and a paraglider slow its descent to a leisurely touchdown. If all goes right in future test drops...
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