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physics.
by powertower 15y ago
physics.
- zdw 15y agoHaha... the point I was trying to make is that flipping a spacecraft in a vacuum is easy as there are very few external forces involved. Flipping a craft while hurtling toward the earth at some large velocity through an atmosphere which generates friction with very few control surfaces is not.
- cincinnatus 15y agoNowhere in the video do they show any drogue or drag chutes but I would assume they enter into the picture as well, and would be involved in the mid-altitude slowing and flip of the second stage.
- jarin 15y agoYou can definitely do a deorbit burn and then flip around using thrusters before aerodynamics kick in. The Space Shuttle did it all the time.