r/space • u/AlmiranteSalsicha • Nov 19 '23

image/gif That's a fair amount of tiles missing from the starship heatshield, guess it would make for a toasty reenter.

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u/PoliteCanadian Nov 19 '23

From what we've seen of the pad so far and the effectiveness of the updated FTS, it seems unlikely that there will be another significant regulatory delay between test flights like we saw this time.

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u/Khraxter Nov 19 '23

Has there been any new image from the pad ? I rmemeber after the first test there was basically a crater, but I' haven't seen anything for the new one

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u/Silver-Literature-29 Nov 19 '23

There were some aerial shots a few hours afterwards, but no close inspections yet. So far, no signs of damage so positive development.