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I'm nowhere near qualified to say if the design is not safe, but I'm suprised the article doesn't mention that some heat shields are designed to indeed, blow ch
by matja 6mo ago
I'm nowhere near qualified to say if the design is not safe, but I'm suprised the article doesn't mention that some heat shields are designed to indeed, blow chunks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_entry#Ablative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_entry#Ablative
- pennomi 6mo agoThis one is an ablative heat shield, but it’s supposed to flake off gracefully, not break off in large chunks.