I get that, but they’ll have two years, easy. Mars is only 3-5 flights, and the HLS flights will take up most of the year. Given that Starship has proven out almost all of its core features; they can give proper time to the TPS. Much like the seals, I think it will get better fast.

from the leaked vids. Two raptor serial numbers match serial numbers match raptors from B12.

it probably will have a much more mature TPS overall. I expect it to be better and to keep improving.

I think that when we see 33’s TPS, it will be much more reliable owing to the fact that they will have both proper time with it and that it won’t be a mishmash of experiments flown like we’ve seen here. It won’t be missing the ablative underlayer, it won’t have tiles stripped off randomly, and

seal damage. There was TPS damage across that flap, though. That’s why only one specific area of the seal is hot, rather than it bleeding everywhere.

We’ve seen very marked improvements in TPS performance across each flight, even with each being very different from the last. A big example is the hot gas seals. On 29, they failed outright. On 30, their failure was much less pronounced- it still occurred, but less badly. On 31, there was no

put the wire on the booster. wire guided booster

Wire guided booster

heheh

Incredible……… so who was above you……

Due to the limitations of this platform as of posting I cannot embed the full video within this thread.

The full 360º VR cabin concept walkthrough can be viewed on YouTube at youtu.be/W5Z2-aXHWkY

Because I’ve so far seen things that support both sides of the argument. I don’t know if space elevators are inherently possible, but I don’t know enough to entirely rule them out either. I’ll come back when I have a degree in structural engineering.