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Independently orbiting technology is good enough. Vintage implies that it didn't rapidly disassemble on launch.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/investigation-into-spacex-starship-explosion-233834053653
Investigation into SpaceX Starship explosion

The FAA has ordered SpaceX to investigate what caused a second Starship rocket to explode in Thursday night’s launch. NBC News’ Tom Costello reports on the engine failure and debris that fell from the sky.

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@tomgauld.bsky.social I bet there is some really cool and interesting vintage tech that would be awesome to figure out a way to bring back. Space archaeology? It might be a thing, eventually.