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Tiny pieces of the heatshield debonding from the craft and interacting with the plasma.
by enderfusion 3y ago
Tiny pieces of the heatshield debonding from the craft and interacting with the plasma.
- danesparza 3y ago"...and interacting with the plasma" That sounds like an exciting day at work. ;-)
- rbanffy 3y agoRapid unscheduled dismantling happening at the molecular level. In this case, it wasn't really unscheduled.
- elasker 3y agoCompare the heat shield in the pic here (before launch): https://x.com/VardaSpace/status/1671621386065027072?s=20 https://x.com/VardaSpace/status/1671621386065027072?s=20 To here (after reentry): https://x.com/VardaSpace/status/1760726397889466792?s=20 https://x.com/VardaSpace/status/1760726397889466792?s=20