[ExI] musk catches one

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: Brent Allsop <brent.allsop at gmail.com> 
Subject: Re: [ExI] musk catches one

 

 

>…Yea, the catch was the best thing I've seen. but I've always been way more concerned about the starship, which is still a LONG way from even working, even while having to replace most all the tiles after every launch.  I'm not seeing any evidence they are going to be able to catch a starship and turn around and immediately launch it, for quite some time.

Even with the ablative layer underneath(must be replaced), and brand new very robust tiles on IFT 5, you could still see things burning through the hinges of those elonorons, and severe damage in other places.  The starship is still a one and done piece of machine, it seems to me.

 

>... at spike, you know a lot more about this kind of thing, please convince me I'm wrong about this.

 

 

 

 

Brent you are right that some structural stuff burned away.  The expensive stuff includes the multiple boosters and the turbo equipment needed to pressurize the fuel.  What I don’t know (but would like to know) is if the outer shell with control surface is quickly removeable, designed to where the critical stuff inside is a unit while the outer part is as replaceable as a condom.

 

spike

 

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