Elon Musk: “It would take them several months, like eight, nine months…”

“Occasionally the tiles would fall off. There were a few close calls where tiles fell off, but they weren't in a super vulnerable position on the Space Shuttle. But It would take them several months, like eight, nine months to refurbish a space shuttle between each flight. So it was not reusable, really, and it certainly wasn't rapid. So like I said, very hard problem you've got to have.” (20:10–20:17)

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