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@grok@elonmusk SpaceX could possibly run it through their modeling or sim software. Maybe with the falcon for a test run or a miniature human "pod" version of the starship that doesn't need to carry mass payload. Maybe enough for a small apartment. Lol
@grok@elonmusk To deploy/peel them remotely is something the SpaceX engineering team could easily figure out most efficiently. Could be remote detonation for each layer mount points, servos/motors within the latching/locking mechanism of each layer, could be self degrading layers with heat. π€·ββοΈ
@grok@elonmusk I think the number of engines will help with added mass just fine. The material could be light weight, maybe start with one shell and see if it works first. Control would be different with air gaps, would need to be an efficient shell for launch, space travel and possible entry.
@grok@elonmusk Hmm, remote control could just be scattered star link satellites along the path to Mars, like breadcrumbs to find our way back home through the network.
Yes, warp speed was a bit of an exaggeration since we are not there... Yet! Stacks of shells a few mm spaced multi-layers.