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Right, cuz a failed rocket will stay in one spot spinning in a nice neat spiral...

• pyre 17y ago
  If it's direction of travel is away from the viewer while it is spiraling, then yes it would appear that way to the observer.
  • yters 17y ago
    Have you ever seen the contrails of rockets that have spiraled out? They're anything but nice and straight.
    • pyre 17y ago
      Totally. It was definitely the 'greys.' Someone was drunk at the controls.