Comments by "C S ~ \x5bDuke of Ramble\x5d" (@DUKE_of_RAMBLE) on "" video.
-
"Face down, Aft up, that's the way Starship likes to bust!"
๐
That was what came to me when seeing reenter with the nose curiously pointed towards Earth.
Also I knew as soon as I saw broken tile chunks suddenly drift by the camera a few minutes before it was slated to hit the atmosphere (at least the denser upper atmo to cause visible heating).
I suspect that due to the engine bay being forward during the beginning of reentry, it started to catch the beginnings of the atmosphere, possibly ripping the tile free?
But the tumbling was what told me it was doomed.
[this is my assessment watching the launch live, and typing this during watching Scott's summary]
_edit: Now that I'm watching it again, I might've misjudged where the camera was mounted... I thought we were watching it from the tail fin, meaning nose was pointed down. But now as I see it again in not sure, because I see a slight bit of text... the only text being "S28" at the TOP of Starship, near the "Elonerons" on the nose...
Meaning that the HUD DEPICTION of Starship's attitude would've been incorrect (inverted)_ ๐คจ I dunno, very weird. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
1