Starship will be the death of SpaceX.
Starship will be the death of SpaceX.
Starliner launch yesterday was scrubbed. Likely launch sometime next week.
Space shuttle was infamous for tile loss as well, made worse by possibility of foam strike from ET, does X-37B not suffer from this issue because it rides up inside a fairing?View attachment 130593
Elon admits something i've been saying for years: heat tile loss will doom the ship.
It was shedding tiles even during the ascent, footage from NASA's WB-57 tracking aircraft:
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