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SpaceX's fourth Starship test flight saw the second stage Starship's forward or top flap catch fire during reentry. Turns out, the firm had anticipated the problem before launch.
Even though hot plasma almost destroyed Starship's flap, the rocket nailed yesterday's vertical landing. Elon Musk says SpaceX already has a solution, and it just wasn't present on this ship.