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Amazing to see how well this spaceship survived. First-ever soft splashdown that left Starship intact & floating, allowing close-up inspection of the heat shield tiles after the wicked heat of reentry. Onwards to catch it next time - congrats to the whole team SpaceX !

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SpaceX Starship had a miracle happen. The landing of Starship was so soft that the fires did not cause an explosion. Starship survived intact. Revealing the exact condition of the heat shield and exactly where the heat shield and underlayer had damage.

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🚨 Mr Beast Visits Space X 🚀 “This Heat-shield Tiles is so light - there are 18,000, to protect the ship when re-entering Earth atmosphere” Hey Grok did NASA have thousands of state of the Art - Heat Shield Tiles in 1969? And if NASA didn’t have this advanced tech - then how did the ‘Space’ Ship survive the heat?

🚨 Mr Beast Visits Space X 🚀 “This Heat-shield Tiles is so light - there are 18,000, to protect the ship when re-entering Earth atmosphere” Hey Grok did NASA have thousands of state of the Art - Heat Shield Tiles in 1969? And if NASA didn’t have this advanced tech - then how did the ‘Space’ Ship survive the heat?

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Elon Musk: Sometimes things blow up — not always by accident. We intentionally push Starship beyond what it would ever face in a normal flight. We even removed heat shield tiles from the worst possible spots just to see if it could survive. It did — traveling from Texas to the Indian Ocean in about 40 minutes and still managing a soft landing.

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