I only dimly remember NASA's foray into solid fuel rocketry
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https://supercarblondie.com/abandoned-nasa-aerojet-rocket-found-in-florida-everglades/
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Remember, it was a heat shield failure in 2003 that cost the lives of the crew of the Columbia
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https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Heat_Shields_Emerging_as_Crucial_Enabler_of_Reusable_Spacecraft_999.html
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Unfortunately life in space is all but paradisaical. And that's not all; life after space is even worse:
"Your blood volume shrinks […], which can lead to clots. Fluids also don’t come down, or drain, as easily."
"The brain becomes waterlogged"
"[…] reconditioning is similar to the intense physiotherapy that anyone who has come out of a coma"
Now, imagine how coming back (if lucky) from a 34 month mission to "Occupy Mars 
" would be…
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all because he is in a snit over being fact checked and corrected
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https://spacenews.com/musk-calls-for-deorbiting-iss-as-soon-as-possible/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Musk%20wants%20to%20end%20the%20ISS%20early&utm_campaign=FIRST%20UP%202025-02-21
Another spacecraft ventures to leave the womb of the Solar System
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https://www.space.com/space-exploration/new-horizons/leaving-pluto-in-the-dust-new-horizons-probe-gearing-up-for-epic-crossing-of-termination-shock
