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ceejayoz on Oct 5, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: New Shepard In-Flight Escape Test [video]

SpaceX's Falcon does the same thing - paint on the landing legs burns a little after the landing. In fact, it's deliberately ablative (https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/24rnci/are_the_land...).

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