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I 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 di
by intended 14y ago
I 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.