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Starship's windward side carries about 18,000 heat shield tiles, and almost all of them are hexagons. The steel hull grows when it heats and shrinks when it cools, so the tiles need gaps. Too tight and tiles can crack; too loose and hot gas can get behind them. In a 2019 tile test the hottest parts reached about 1,650 K (about 2,510 °F / 1,377 °C). Asked why hexagons, Musk said: "No straight path for hot gas to accelerate through the gaps." After Flight 13 there was minor tile damage and some plasma streaking at the seams. For Flight 14 (Sept 28, 2026, the first orbital Starship flight) SpaceX added curved tiles to reduce heating in the gaps, added measures to keep plasma from getting behind the tiles, and reflew two tiles from an earlier ship. Heat shield inspection results from Flight 14 are still pending, and flying again with zero refurbishment is still the goal. Sources: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1107378575924035584 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1107379727302451200 https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-hexagon-heat-shield-tile-test.html https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-14 https://theconversation.com/starships-first-orbital-flight-put-its-heat-shield-to-the-test-how-it-fares-could-determine-if-spacexs-vision-is-possible-292960 https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-solved-biggest-challenge-elon-musk/ https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-elon-musk-joe-rogan-interview-highlights/ #spacex #starship #heatshield #engineering #space #shorts #Shorts

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