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> d. Standardized heat shield with much smaller requirements for manual work. We'll have to see how it works out.
by Tepix 2y ago
> d. Standardized heat shield with much smaller requirements for manual work.
We'll have to see how it works out.
- PaulHoule 2y agoThe way they are going they can try 5 different ones that fail until they find one that doesn't. Contrast that to the Space Shuttle which required a human crew to flight test anything.
- inglor_cz 2y agoIt is a very daunting problem no doubt, maybe the hardest one, but I also don't doubt that the end form of Starship will require way, way less than 20 000 man-hours per turnaround (as the Space Shuttle required) to refurbish the heat shield. They simply cannot afford that.