<story><title>NASA Astronauts in SpaceX Capsule Make First Water Landing Since 1975</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/science/spacex-nasa-return.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>inamberclad</author><text>Random boats swarming is absolutely insane&lt;p&gt;This is a RESCUE operation and they&amp;#x27;re getting in the way.&lt;p&gt;Not to mention, there&amp;#x27;s still plenty of extremely poisonous UDMH on that thing.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jccooper</author><text>All previous splashdowns have been much further from shore and, moreover, done by squadrons of US Navy ships, so this really hasn&amp;#x27;t come up before. You don&amp;#x27;t really take your bass boat up to an aircraft carrier a few hundred miles offshore.&lt;p&gt;I expect they&amp;#x27;ll have more than one Coast Guard vessel on hand next time, and will probably look into not publicizing the landing zone.</text></comment>
<story><title>NASA Astronauts in SpaceX Capsule Make First Water Landing Since 1975</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/science/spacex-nasa-return.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>inamberclad</author><text>Random boats swarming is absolutely insane&lt;p&gt;This is a RESCUE operation and they&amp;#x27;re getting in the way.&lt;p&gt;Not to mention, there&amp;#x27;s still plenty of extremely poisonous UDMH on that thing.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>savrajsingh</author><text>Shocking to see private boats next to the capsule right after it had splashed down. Where’s the common sense to remain at a safe distance?</text></comment>