llamacoffee@lemmy.world to SpaceX@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 years ago(Alleged) Photo of the Flight 6 payload bay during reentryforum.nasaspaceflight.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-link(Alleged) Photo of the Flight 6 payload bay during reentryforum.nasaspaceflight.comllamacoffee@lemmy.world to SpaceX@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square4linkfedilinkfile-text
Image link from NSF forum. Originally leaked on X (I think), then posted to the SpaceXLounge subreddit by u/mehelponow
minus-squareverity_kindle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIs that plasma? That looks like…things burning up and turning to plasma…
minus-squareChainweasel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoSome of it probably is, most of the bright spots are probably flakes of hot tiles and molten stainless coming inside the bay from holes burnt between the flaps and fuselage (really bright patches on the sides)
Is that plasma? That looks like…things burning up and turning to plasma…
Some of it probably is, most of the bright spots are probably flakes of hot tiles and molten stainless coming inside the bay from holes burnt between the flaps and fuselage (really bright patches on the sides)