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SpaceX Traced Falling Starship Debris Using Bystander Videos

Original: Club Med, a Disney Cruise and an Exploding Starship: SpaceX Used Bystander Videos to Track Falling Debris

SpaceX reconstructed the path of debris from an exploding Starship test flight by drawing on bystander videos, including footage shot from a Club Med resort and a Disney cruise ship. The company used these clips to track where pieces of the rocket fell, highlighting how public videos increasingly support official aerospace debris investigations.

Why now: The unusual use of vacationers' videos to investigate an exploding Starship is drawing attention to SpaceX's latest test flight failure.

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