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Galileo safely aerobraked into Jupiter at 47km/s. It takes one hell of a heat shield, but it can be done.
by Pinckney 10y ago
Galileo safely aerobraked into Jupiter at 47km/s. It takes one hell of a heat shield, but it can be done.
- masklinn 10y ago> It takes one hell of a heat shield That's quite the understatement, the galileo probe was half heatshield by mass. And it took a 230g hit to the face.