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The lateral braking provided by the atmosphere causes objects to burn up.
by zerohp 14y ago
The lateral braking provided by the atmosphere causes objects to burn up.
- Evbn 14y agoJust cover the suits in ceramic tile.
- intended 14y agoI don't know if you are joking or not (I'm guessing you are), but I'll take a bite at this. Those ceramic tiles have to be placed in the right alignments to dissipate heat. So we are now talking about a rigid 'suit'. So for the rigid structure we'll need reinforcements and ways to move and handle stress and structural load at high velocities - we don't want that transmitted into the human body. (We've tested supersonic velocities, but not re-entry) The parachute will also have to expand in size to handle the extra weight. Going down this line I we soon get to a point where we may as well call the whole thing a pod and be done with it. All of it pretty much hinges on ceramic tiles needing to be oriented and then added structural weight.