[Starlink] I still dream of an tiny on-orbit repair and inspection robot

[Dave Taht]

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/19/nx-s1-5010440/nasa-has-delayed-the-undocking-of-boeings-starliner-capsule-until-next-week

Not just for this, but for starship, to inspect the tiles, nestled perhaps
in the engine dome during launch. It could fly out and magneticaly attach?

Something like that might have helped columbia, also.

Having to fire the thrusters and measure the effect on the ISS to see if
they are working strikes me as more difficult than direct observation.

There does seem to still be a dragon capsule attached to the ISS... that
could possibly be used for recovery if starliner's problems are more severe
than being indicaated.
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