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It looked like plasma got between the flap and the body. I wonder if that means something broke/melted to allow that, or if the design just allowed it accidenta
by idontwantthis 2y ago
It looked like plasma got between the flap and the body. I wonder if that means something broke/melted to allow that, or if the design just allowed it accidentally.
- dotnet00 2y agoThey've been concerned about burn through in that area for a while, but they didn't get to test it before now to understand how it'd perform in reality. IIRC they were even calling out that they were surprised that the temperature readings in other parts were in good agreement with the simulations, which is probably indicative of the limited confidence they had for that part.
- lsaferite 2y agoIt looked like the flap was starting to glow internally in the middle, right before the burn-through on the hinge point. I wonder if it maybe had a lost tile on the other side that evolved into the burn-through we saw in the video.
- dylan604 2y agoI imagine this is what happened to Columbia