re: SpaceX Starship Full Stack Test Flight Thread | Cleared Tower, Thru MaxQ, then RUD

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The roll sequence was supposed to sort of "fling" starship apart from B7.

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That makes more sense. It also means "letting it ride" probably did return a good bit of additional/ useful stress/strain readings.

If it needed to torque a certain way to initiate separation, that brings into play the dead engines possibly being a factor in the separation failure.