Elon Musk: “If we shock the tiles, then that's obviously going to fail…”

“But there's some additional challenges there where we need to make sure we don't scrape the tiles off as we slide along the. We can't shuck the heat shield, don't crush the ship. Rapid reusability. If we shock the tiles, then that's obviously going to fail the reusability test. So ships can use the tower to land and catch like, like the booster here on Earth, where towers are available.” (14:46–14:51)

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