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Happened. they ve taken every precaution possible, as you said, as we were talking about earlier. they tested this capsule, its ability to separate, get away from the rocket booster itself in three different stages. they did one early test, i believe it was in 2012 one of the earliest tests they did, get the capsule separating from the rocket while it was here on the ground. right, on the pad. they also did another launch escape test while it was during the ascent while it was in space. they tested it, and it worked perfectly, the company is saying. i want to point out we re still in a brief hold, anderson. we don t know why, but they are strapped in. the hatch is closed. you can see you see those almost curtain-like things. i want to point out to the audience, those are solar shades to prevent the capsule from getting hot, environmental controls. they have to make sure it doesn t get too hot outside, and ....

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