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A6381038

I have made the following changes and corrections to this entry.

9th August 2005 --> 9 August, 2005

Footnote added explaining the word Ablative.
That is, the shield was used up in re-entry by vaporisation.

Footnote added explaining the word dissociate.
That is, to break apart into component atoms.

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