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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

For real - you can see the plasma literally eating away at one of the fins on the reentry video… and it still worked pretty much fine.

It’s absolutely wild. Go watch it if you haven’t seen it.