Elon Musk: “We need to be able to do this without shedding heat shield…”

“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. And I think what you're seeing now is the starship. This is CG of it coming in and landing on the tower, much like the booster.” (14:21–14:29)

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