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A significant number of #tiles have been removed from #Starship to stress-test vulnerable areas across the vehicle during #reentry. Multiple metallic tile options, including one with active cooling, will test alternative materials for protecting Starship during reentry. On the sides of the vehicle, functional catch 🦾 fittings are installed and will test the fittings’ thermal 🌡️ and structural performance spacex.com/launches/mission/?m

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Owen Biesel

James Propp's latest long-form blog post includes a really lovely story of multi-year collaboration on a one-of-a-kind Museum of Mathematics exhibit. I learned some interesting math about #Truchet #Tiles in the process!

At the end is the news that MoMath has a chance to expand with more exhibit space, so if you'd like there to be more MoMath now might be a good time to contribute.

mathenchant.wordpress.com/2025

mathenchant.wordpress.com · Math and the Museum“I couldn’t help but wonder…” — Carrie Bradshaw (in every episode of Sex and the City) The best birthday party I ever had as a kid was a trip to the Museum of Natural …
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Rebecca Nordquist

This tile artwork by Maria Keil, "Pastores" (Shepherds) is at the Museu Nacionaldo Azulejo in Lisbon. Walking through the museum, I came across this, which was easily the coolest piece in the gallery.

And that led me down the rabbit hole of wikipedia, where I learned more about this amazing person, who many among other things designed the tile for the Lisbon subway:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Ke

Photo of an artwork in tile, with green, orange and white triangles, with in between people in a pastoral scene, kneeling next to a goat, laying as if in a field. People are black and white.
#womenArtists#tiles#art
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