Yes. And then I'm going to say what's the single biggest remaining problem for starship? It's having the heat shield be reusable such that No one has ever made a reusable orbital heat shield. So the heat shield's got to make it through the ascent phase without shocking a bunch of tiles. And then it's going to come back in and also not lose a bunch of tiles or overheat the main airframe. (2:09:40–2:09:44)
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