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Power with Control
Seeing as half of it, and the "bottom" halves of the flap things will be covered in Thermal Protection System (TPS) tiles. Sounds like the Space Shuttle, right? Sort of, but also not so much. The shuttle tiles were literally snowflake unique, no two were alike and they were made in small batches and numbered. Also very fragile, and bonded to the surface in a very complex process that required a huge number of manhours to remove and replace a damaged tile.
Starship, shooting for aircraft levels of turnaround cant have that. The great majority of the tiles are identical, and attached to the ship with pins that are robotically welded in a precise pattern. The tiles will be robotically attached also. Since Tesla owns one of the premiere production line automation companies in the world, getting help to automate these sorts of things is as easy as a phone call.
Starship, shooting for aircraft levels of turnaround cant have that. The great majority of the tiles are identical, and attached to the ship with pins that are robotically welded in a precise pattern. The tiles will be robotically attached also. Since Tesla owns one of the premiere production line automation companies in the world, getting help to automate these sorts of things is as easy as a phone call.