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 ...