Despite recent successes, rapid reuse of Starship remains a tough nut to crack
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Starship Flight 13, the second flight of Starship V3, launched successfully from Orbital Launch Pad 2 at SpaceX Starbase, TX. The mission carried 20 V3 Starlink satellites, including six modified with cameras to scan Starship's heat shield and relay imagery to operators studying its readiness for return-to-launch-site missions.
NASA has not made substantial investments in thermal protection research for decades.
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