TECH - SpaceX Developing Tools To Remove Heat Shield Tiles On Starship Rather Than Manually Breaking Them Away Says CEO Elon Musk | Benzinga
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday said that the company is working on making it easier to remove the heat shield tiles on its ambitious Starship launch vehicle.
What Happened: “We're working on simple tooling to make this fast and repeatable,” Musk said in response to a user who expressed surprise that the removal of the tile still requires workers to manually exert pressure, thereby breaking it.
The removal mechanism was revealed in footage by X account RGV Aerial Photography whose lead photographer Irma Atilano has been documenting Starbase for about 6 years.
The video shared ...