
X Freeze
@XFreeze · Mar 31, 2026
Elon Musk on why a fully reusable orbital heat shield is one of the hardest problems in rocketry:
“No one has ever developed a fully reusable orbital heat shield. When you come in from orbital velocity, you come in like a flaming meteor - a raging ball of fire. It’s hard to have
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Super hard problem
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