I'd be curious to see a video of re-entry. From everything I've heard, they've been very confident that the "shuttlecock" mode should make any attitude & spin problems go away, but it sounds like the pilot had to actively damp out some oscillations. Curious what that was about.

One thing which worries me is near the end of the powered ascent -- notice how dramatically the horizon is pitching up and down? I doubt that the control surfaces (at that altitude) or RCS thrusters would have had enough authority to torque the vehicle like that. The only thing I can think of is asymmetries in the thrust column, which isn't a good thing. I know that Scaled has to use a hellaciously expensive graphite throat in their engine -- very much state of the art -- and I hope they're not pushing the art too far. Hopefully that's as bad as it will get.

Cheers,

Nathan.