3:21:38Oh hell no, bubbles are bad news for heating
3:21:40yeah that was a problem on artemis 1 right?
3:21:50Blowouts are fatal in re-entry
3:21:50Back in College My Heat Transfer Prof was in a NASA Design group and he said they design it to off-gas as it heats up and the gas becomes a protective barrier, too
3:21:50i think the camera is just rotating
3:21:52I wonder how they check for air bubbles
3:22:01man, I wonder how they QC that
3:22:01a faulty tile caused a shuttle disaster
3:22:23I see Elon learned from the Space Shuttle's failure. Those hexagons look identical, while the Space Shuttle's tiles were all custom for that exact position on that exact craft.
3:22:23They have a modern version of the shuttle heat shield tiles that they make at Starbase
3:22:31Starship can survive missing a few tiles tho
3:22:33it's the more critical part that 100% cannot fail
3:22:45I hear the ceramic tiles are super light but super fragile and brittle
3:22:49:speaking_head::fire::fire::fire:
3:22:50When do we get to see the giant spooky space cube
3:22:52I would have to look at my notes from my Heat Transfer class
3:22:58Insanely fragile, yes. :eyes:
3:23:00It even did a flip maneuver when one of its fins melted from the heat
3:23:09if there's a single air bubble we'd be cooked
3:23:12they're like, the youtube welder commenters
3:23:16i think in los angeles there is the endeaver space shuttle on display
3:23:21Space travel is definitely hardcore