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> There were all these wild claims of an exotic new liquid cooled reentry system at the beginning. Its not that wild. That technology is likely used on certain
by panick21_ 3y ago
> There were all these wild claims of an exotic new liquid cooled reentry system at the beginning.
Its not that wild. That technology is likely used on certain military equipment.
I was certainty something not tested at that scale but it wasn't a crazy thing to think about.
> But because physics they ended up going right back to using ablative.
They are not ablative.
> Nothing has fundamentally changed in ceramic or
What's your evidence? Have you done lots of study on Space Heat shield? Please share your findings.
> adhesive technology since then
That just wrong. Starship uses mostly welded studs steel frame. Totally different from Shuttle.
> and the lack of aerodynamic control
They have sufficient aerodynamic control. What evidence do you have that they don't? They have shown simulation of this before. I'm gone go with SpaceX on this unless you show me some simulation that shows insufficient control.