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that energy, the rocket engines put all that energy into the vehicle to allow it to travel that fast. when you come down, you got to take that energy out. so you got a heat shield and air friction to take the energy out. it heats up to 3,000 degrees fahrenheit and the hot plasma flowing around the spacecraft burns the heat there s other thermal protection material around the rest of the capsule and it scars it and scorches it a bit. that s what you re seeing, the markings of the plasma, the hot plasma actually kind of burning a little bit, the heat shielding on the rest of the spacecraft. you are watching dragon now officially on its recovery vessel. doctor, can you talk to us about what happens now? o they ll make sure that everything is secure inside the vehicle. they ll make sure that the pressure is equalized between the inside and the outside of the vehicle so that the door doesn t pop or damage or injure

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