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Re:Starship Flight 7 by pixl97 on Thursday January 16, 2025 @06:28PM (#42732272)
Eh I'm thinking more it was a reentry explosion from pressurized tanks. Engines had failed a while before then.
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Re:Starship Flight 7 by s1artibartfast on Thursday January 16, 2025 @06:39PM (#42732363)
This is over the Bahamas. Re-entry was much further east, near Turks and Caicos Islands.

Also, if a pressurized tank is reentering, that means the FTS failed to detonate.

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