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		Plasmoid2000ad on March 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Starship's Third Flight Test [video] I'm no so sure, it at least looked like it was tumbling before and throughout re-entry. If they had attitude control, I think they would have at least stopped the visible rotation at some point before re-entry? I'm not sure why the ship not immediatly breaking up, but eventually breaking up is proof that they at attitude control - especially against what the live feed showed - rotation.

dotancohen on March 14, 2024 [–]

  > If they had attitude control, I think they would have at least stopped the visible rotation at some point before re-entry?

Maybe they thought the flaps would help stabilize once hitting some atmosphere. In fact, that seemed to happen though not before quite a bit of plasma cooked the unshielded side.

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