SpaceX Work on New Heat Shield
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#6NHQV)
SpaceX is upgrading Starship's heat shield with new tiles that are twice as strong as the previous version used during the flight 4 test. SpaceX is adingd an ablative secondary structure behind the tiles to provide an extra layer of protection in case a tile becomes damaged or detached. The work on removing the old ...