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		pixl97 on Jan 16, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Starship Flight 7 Eh I'm thinking more it was a reentry explosion from pressurized tanks. Engines had failed a while before then.

s1artibartfast on Jan 16, 2025 [–]

This is over the Bahamas. Re-entry was much further east, near Turks and Caicos Islands.

Also, if a pressurized tank is reentering, that means the FTS failed to detonate.

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