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(Alleged) Photo of the Flight 6 payload bay during reentry (forum.nasaspaceflight.com)
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Image link from NSF forum.

Originally leaked on X (I think), then posted to the SpaceXLounge subreddit by u/mehelponow

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sure, but there it a huge chasm between "catastrophic failure" and "looks good to go again next week", and even minor structural damage will prevent rapid resuse.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd much rather be on a spacecraft that wore out too soon than one that catastrophically failed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Sure, but the rare catastrophic failure issue is not why the Spaceshuttle is widely considered an engineering failure. The real issue with it was that the re-usability of it turned out to be a huge money sink. Spaceship might face a similar fate with those heat-tiles.