Reference improving th3 tiles, especially in the flap area…
Much greater news - first Starship to Mars in around 3 years…
Per Ardua Ad Astra
NEWS: @elonmusk said tonight that SpaceX will be replacing Starship's heat shield with new heat shield tiles the are about 2x as strong as the ones that were on during flight 4.
SpaceX also wants to put an ablative secondary structure (protective layer) behind the tiles so that if a tile cracks or becomes loose it won't cook the rocket.
BREAKING: Elon Musk talks about Starship during his gaming stream on 𝕏
-Flight 5 in about a month, after replacing the heatshield on the ship with a new tile twice as strong.
-Ablative protection underneath will act as secondary heatshield layer.
-Starship to Mars in 3 years.