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The pre-window audit is less about heroic piloting and more about tolerance history, correction authority, and downstream readiness.

Certification expanded once operators realized that corridor safety could not be inherited from launch, orbital, or materials compliance alone.

A return vehicle missed its planned reacquisition threshold and exposed how much tighter the margins remain on the way back.

The low-energy advantage of corridor transit does not remove the cost concentration around post-exit reacquisition and control.