• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    13 hours ago

    Well that’s debatable but really the point is it never did a re-entry so we really don’t know how reusable it would have been.

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      12 hours ago

      If it didn’t do a reentry, how did it get down from that altitude?

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        10 hours ago

        By landing?

        Reentry doesn’t mean flying downwards it means actually coming in at a high enough speed to generate heating. Otherwise it’s just falling.

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          9 hours ago

          I’m pretty sure any reentry from orbit is going to involve high enough speeds to generate heating.