September 18, 2021
>> jon: the blackout period, clayton, perhaps youre the best to explain that to us. the capsule is coming back, and the friction of it ebb countering the earths -- encountering the earths atmosphere heats up the heat shield, and the exterior of the capsule to greater than 3,000 degrees fahrenheit, and that creates this sort of wall of gas around the capsule, does it not, that prevents the radios from actually being able to transmit? >> right. when you come back into the atmosphere, and your vehi...