At this point elon knows more about failed launches than anyone alive.
3 months ago | 840
When I grew up, “rocket scientist” was used to refer to the top of the scale of intelligence, not the top of the list of waste and fraud…
3 months ago | 218
Putting a material with a higher thermal expansion coefficient inside a brittle material with a lower thermal expansion coefficient is a big brain move.
3 months ago | 200
If they want to achieve reusability, they're going to have to achieve usability first.
3 months ago | 161
The ship is probably held together with that Cybertruck glue.
3 months ago | 176
Building a heat resistant tile with a heat conductor in the middle is a genius level failure point. I'd love to see an undamaged one.
3 months ago | 328
Space Shuttle: The tiles were not mechanically fastened to the vehicle, but glued. Since the brittle tiles could not flex with the underlying vehicle skin, they were glued to Nomex felt Strain Isolation Pads (SIPs) with room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) silicone adhesive, which were in turn glued to the orbiter skin.
3 months ago | 131
"At this point, I think I know more about manufacturing than anyone currently alive on Earth." - Elon Musk :face-green-smiling::face-green-smiling::face-green-smiling:
3 months ago | 26
That piece of stamped metal looks like the cross section of a cheap garden sign post/lightweight fence stake from the hardware store.
3 months ago | 54
5D Monopoly move - when you realize you get paid no matter what and shitting on the government comes as a bonus.
3 months ago | 10
No engineer would attempt this. It must be one of Musk s ideas
3 months ago | 26
Thunderf00t
How starship tiles are attached. Metal bar pushed through wet heat tile. Impressive how they added a permanent failure point at a design level! This design is very VERY stupid and will never deliver any of musks vaporware promises!
3 months ago | [YT] | 2,652