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Re:SpaceX Has Pinpointed the Problem That Caused the Falcon9... by Lost_BiomedE on Thursday January 15, 2015 @08:40PM (#8896783)
Bad news for me. I usually write like this:

The tank filled with hydraulic fluid, powering the fins and enabling them to rotate and steer, ran out of fluid before landing.

Hopefully the above reads more clearly. It is how I parsed it on first read.

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Re:SpaceX Has Pinpointed the Problem That Caused the Falcon9... by pjc50 on Friday January 16, 2015 @04:53AM (#8897993)
Not everything needs to be a single sentence. "The tank of hydraulic fluid ran out before landing. This tank powered the fins that steer the rocket. Therefore the rocket could no longer be steered."

Or there's the ablative: "The tank of hydraulic fluid having been emptied, the fins could no longer steer the rocket."

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Re:SpaceX Has Pinpointed the Problem That Caused the Falcon9... by philsnow on Friday January 16, 2015 @12:40AM (#8897418)
Even clearer:

The tank--filled with hydraulic fluid, powering the fins, and enabling them to rotate and steer--ran out of fluid before landing.

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