scenario

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In this scenario, Starship would act as a protective shield and slow the spacecraft down as it enters the planet's atmosphere.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

With these patterns occurring so close in succession, the risk/reward scenario for a long entry here makes sense.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

"The ideal scenario is that you know exactly where it is," Campbell said.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Under any scenario, after all, the Hormuz problem likely solves itself when the shooting stops.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Eventually, the plant operators realized that the worst-case scenario in unit 2—that the torus had exploded and was leaking—hadn’t happened, either.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland