Comment by tim333

1 month ago

Also Stoke Space, YC startup, is interesting. They could even beat SpaceX to fully reusable if SpaceX find the refuel it and send it up again thing challenging.

They have a different approach - rather than a ceramic heat shield they have a metal shield to be cooled by the liquid H2+O2 fuel. https://youtu.be/3V6lfs7xFJM?t=191