Hindsight is 20:20 of course, backseat driver etc. but if the on-board systems detected a bad rotation, then started a burn to correct it, presumably it could have been possible to detect that the burn was not &quot;helping&quot; <i>during</i> the burn? And halted the burn?  The thrusters aren&#x27;t usually that powerful, so the erroneous death-spin probably took a fair while to spin up.  Even if the sensors were wrong, if you&#x27;re a computer trying to get variable &#x27;X&#x27; into a range, and you apply control &#x27;Y&#x27;,  but &#x27;X&#x27; moves further and further away, let go of the controls and ask ask an adult help!  (Easier said than done, I know. I&#x27;m amazed space engineering works as often as it does! Super hard stuff.)