To: Archangelsk
Interesting speculation: clearly, this is the area of re-entry that puts the most stress on the orbiter -- literally anything could have happened, despite the obvious emphasis of overcoming the dynamic forces at work there.
To: alancarp
I heard that the craft yawed at a bad time. At that critical altitude, even a small thing gone wrong is disasterous.
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