They break down into pieces that thicken the dish much like an egg does in a carbonara.

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Rather than jumping on the bandwagon for one particular approach, they break the idea down into smaller pieces for testing.

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If you know what your aims are you can begin to break each aspect down into manageable pieces which will seem more achievable.

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But they're looking at maybe even doing another space walk and maybe they should cut it into shreds so that as they came down and passed through, you know, Mach 12 it would break up into small pieces and wouldn't really pose as much of a threat.

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