It depends on hypersonic gliding maneuvers, the largest supersonic parachute ever deployed, eight hydrazine rocket engines firing in sequence and an elaborate system of tethers called a "sky crane" that are meant to lower the landing craft gently to the ground.

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One prominent supplier of money market and mutual fund data Pete Crane, of Crane Data, says that both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the broader financial regulatory system are deadlocked on the issue of how, if at all, the industry ought to be reformed.

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