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>>16102277
>>16102298

>>15880710
Because they didn't properly attach the rings of tiles between sections.
They build them onto the sections as in >>15880448, then they did a shit job of filling in the gaps.
It still doesn't even matter yet, having a few tiles that fall off will let them know how important the tiles really are during re-entry, instead of the midwits who breathlessly think that even one missing tile will cause the whole thing to suddenly explode in fiery death, because Shittle was that bad. Starship is not Shittle.

>>15473503
>the fact it was NASAs only crew rated vehicle
actually it was more like
>we have to justify this thing
>so we need to do as much on Shittle as we can
>even if it could have launched on a dumb rocket

>>15446532
>and NASA still blows up less rockets than Space X.
It's not how many rockets you blow up, it's how many blow up with crew on them.

>>15042129
probably what they always looked like

>>14527770
it was only a problem on shittle because most of it is made out of aerotism-grade aluminum