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To: Dead Corpse

Thanks for the link.

Starship did not receive some computer input that was important for an engine restart - so no restart.

No thrust to reduce re-entry speed.

Starship lost a few dozen heat shields.

I am guessing, almost complete self-destruct during entry.

But I would hunt for what might be found on, and in, the Indian Ocean.


86 posted on 03/15/2024 7:38:49 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: linMcHlp

heat shields tiles


87 posted on 03/15/2024 7:43:17 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: linMcHlp

Starship didn’t... correct. When it was passing through 80km and still cooking along at 26,000 km/h... Lawn Dart was kind of inevitable.

The booster is what is shown in the video I posted. Evidence of flames could have been something else blowing up or catching fire...

Not that interested in digging through the telemetry data they apparently release to the public... But should be interesting to see how IFT-4 goes.


88 posted on 03/15/2024 8:09:15 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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