Originally Posted by
meleagertoo
Though I note the planned Ship engine relight did not happen. Would this not cause the ship to re-enter much too fast or off trajectory leading to its inevitable loss (or perhaps deliberate destruction) ? Isn't retardation what the planned burn was for?
From what I could gather listening to the SpaceX feed, the engine relight wasn't required as it's trajectory was spot on. They were not going to fire it retrograde either. IE the thrust from the engine would have increased the ships speed not slow it down.