Five other spacecrafts also rocketed through the upper atmosphere of the planet that was earth. |
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Using our current spacecrafts it would take over 73,000 years to get to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri. |
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Electrical devices on spacecrafts, satellites, and aircraft must work reliably and efficiently in situations where they can not be easily repaired. |
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Mankind has never built a spacecraft of this shape, and I am moved anew when I realize that this very shape foreruns the form of future sample return spacecrafts. |
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