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Ask HN: How do instructions on opening the Soyuz capsule survive reentry?

I saw a Soyuz reentry vehicle today at the cosmonaut museum in Zhytomyr. At the bottom of the capsule there're instructions in both Russian and English for opening it. That makes sense since the thing could land far beyond the designated landing zone. What I don't get is how the text could survive reentry since it's printed where the heat shield is.

Here's a picture: https://ibb.co/RgfZfPR

4 points chungleong 7 years ago 3 comments

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