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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm reading that it orbited at an altitude of up to 263 km, well above the Karman line. Is that not space?

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

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