But the only way to know exactly what we should be adjusting is to fly repeatedly and be able to examine the ship upon landing. And We have successfully brought the ship back through the atmosphere and achieved a soft landing multiple times. So we know that this is possible. But we have in the process shed many heat shield tiles. So we need to be able to do this without shedding heat shield tiles and do so repeatedly. (14:09–14:16)
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Asserts that SpaceX has achieved multiple successful soft landings of their spacecraft.
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