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walrus01 • 01/16/2025 • 2 replies • view on HN

That's for sure not stage separation, that's an explosion from the FTS rupturing the ship tanks.


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ericcumbee • 01/17/2025

If it was the FTS wouldn't the flight control systems send a message back to the ground saying "things are going sideways here, FTS Activated"

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pixl97 • 01/16/2025

Eh I'm thinking more it was a reentry explosion from pressurized tanks. Engines had failed a while before then.

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