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Re:Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico by datameta on Thursday June 06, 2024 @10:06AM (#40597547)
Absolutely beautiful! The hypersonic plasma flow was like no footage I've seen!
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Re:Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico by bufferoverflow on Thursday June 06, 2024 @01:22PM (#40600035)
Their older fairing reentry plasma also looked really cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke_QI7_UtA8

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Re:Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico by rkagerer on Thursday June 06, 2024 @03:09PM (#40601207)
Does the fairing have attitude control thrusters used during descent, or is its orientation maintained passively due to its shape?
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Re:Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico by datameta on Sunday June 09, 2024 @09:25AM (#40624276)
I believe the fairings experienced uncontrolled freefall
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