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[Eric Berger] Experts warn current Starship heat shield tech is a "dead end" for rapid reuse (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

No need to bring a whole spaceship back from orbit for that. A capsule like crew-dragon that can be refurbished for multiple uses is perfectly fine and can be used as an emergency escape vehicle as well.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    feels like then the next most obvious thing is to make the ship connectable so that over time you could sorta gather them into a space station.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    The scifi part of my brain wants SpaceX to leave some old Starships in orbit to sell to space station or space tug/depot companies to refit, or mfg companies to scrap. There's no way any of those uses make sense anytime soon, though.

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