[pixl97]

>T+46: the little bits of debris must be tiles coming off

Seemed like ice to me, which itself can be it a problem. The vehicle didn't seem very stable even before this point so I'm wondering if we're getting ice build up on the cold gas thrusters which changed the control dynamics keeping the ship from flying stably.

[tempaway444641]

Yeah could be. Some of the debris looked very specific in shape though. On some shots of starship you can see missing tiles (not many though)

[K0balt]

It looked to me like a good portion of the debris was in fact tiles. It also seemed to me that there were significant attitude control deviations, both of which might have been significant factors in the unplanned disassembly event.

[rtkwe]

Right after the engine cut-offs for the second stage from the first burn you can see at least one tile missing and during the burn before that I also saw some dark flecks fly off.

It certainly looked like there was either a fairly continuous firing of the cold gas thrusters, a stream from the second stage engines, or some atmospheric effects from being in such a low orbit.