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Yeah for rapid reusability tiles aren’t going to work, too fragile. Iirc it was with a lot of reluctance they went with tiles and will have to make breakthrough

Yeah for rapid reusability tiles aren’t going to work, too fragile. Iirc it was with a lot of reluctance they went with tiles and will have to make breakthroughs on the heat shielding to get where they want to be.

cma 2y ago
Inspection might be easier with computer vision advances since the space shuttle.
- api 2y ago
  Also with a saner design. The shuttle had a complicated shape with every tile being almost unique. It was nuts.
  - cma 2y ago
    I think starships are too now to save weight where they get different thermal loads.
    - m4rtink 2y ago
      IIRC they still have most of the tiles be the same, with just a few variants for tricky places.