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Ship 29 completed its burn and entered marginal-orbit trajectory around -10 x 213 km x 26.8 deg, with impact in the eastern Indian Ocean, NW of Australia. Despite major thermal erosion to the flaps, Ship 29 survived reentry and reignited its engines just above the ocean for controlled splashdown.
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That was pretty insane watching the livestream, seeing the burnthrough on the forward flap, then loss of signal, then it miraculously coming back, and the burned through flap even actuating at the final phase of the flip and mostly soft landing. I think it's definitely shown the idea is possible.
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It was extraordinary. So happy I managed to watch it live.
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History in the making! Congratulations to all involved! 🥳