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[Opsboi]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-e ... t-56275483

[Pontius Navigator]

Hot brakes?

[Magnus]

It was a remarkable landing. The fire clearly started before touchdown, though. I'm not sure who investigates and reports on space-associated accidents in the way that the NTSB would on civil aircraft.

[G-CPTN]

The fire clearly started before touchdown.

Are you suggesting that the methane leak wasn't a result of a heavier than ideal landing?

[Archer]

There's also quite a bit of flame every time they shut an engine down. I was wondering if it wasn't just the rich mixture from the single Raptor engine that was seen around the touchdown mark. I'm just impressed that they managed to get that big tub back on the pad and upright, even if it was a bit heavy handed on the touchdown.

[TheGreenGoblin]

[llondel]

The first one was a good landing by any standards. By the pilot definition there was time to walk away from it, and by the engineering definition it was able to fly again. The second landing was not nearly so good.