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As Ship 35 Static Fires, SpaceX has a Fleet of Vehicles Getting Ready for Flight (www.nasaspaceflight.com)

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I haven't heard any news on active cooling systems recently. Is thermal protection the biggest hurdle? The ships on flights 4 through 6 all survived to splashdown.

At the moment, the bigger issue seems to be whatever vibrations/oscillations caused the destruction of the ships on flights 7 and 8 before they reached orbit.

Either way, I'm looking forward to the next flight test.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

But they didn't survive intact did they?

I haven't heard anything for a while and I was just asking for an update if anyone knows anything.

It seemed to me they changed something to cause those vibrations/oscillations so to fix it they could just change it back. Like to me it seems solvable.

But in regards to the reusability of the heat shield, I haven't heard of any progress? So wouldn't it still be regarded as the biggest issue?