Elon Musk: “If you hit the main heat shield, you've got a high risk of…”

“Well, depending on where that hole is, you're more or less likely to have a problem. I mean, if the, if you, If you hit the main heat shield, you've got a high risk of not making it back. So the as well like micrometeorite shielding, it's like, it's slightly helpful, but it's not going to necessarily. Like for starship, I wouldn't recommend having micrometeorite shielding.” (37:09–37:18)

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