Why I'm Building the Starship Out of Stainless Steel(popularmechanics.com)

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a25953663/elon-musk-spacex-bfr-stainless-steel/

5 comments

fsmv2 anni fa

I wonder why they moved away from the liquid cooling idea to heat tiles.

yetihehe2 anni fa

Probably because mass of tiles would be less than mass of coolant.

zardo2 anni fa

And moving cryogenic fuel around is a frequent source of problems. You can't scrub re-entry because a valve is stuck like you can a launch.

2019