• Redderthanmisty@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    It may have broken up below the karman line, but space isn’t a hard cutoff. The atmosphere was still far too thin to not need a pressure suit at that altitude, and both missions failed due to problems that would come into effect upon performing the re-entry maneuver.