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Re-entry atmosphere concept, heat shield by Chesvin1

Chesvin1
Chesvin1
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6th Mar 2015
21st Jun 2017
Bad english :C PRESS 5
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Comments

  • HydrogenIdiot1
    HydrogenIdiot1     15th Nov 2020
    i often do a LOXY test, which is more extreme than just combusting oxygen and closer to real reentry temperatures. the heat shield did work when LOXY burned toward the bottom, like a space shuttle style, but from head on, lots of it melted and fuel tanks breached, and i'm sorry to say jeb didn't make it
  • TheCreatorOfTheTree
    TheCreatorOfTheTree     2nd Jan 2019
    Lets just say GLAS doesn't fare well with LIGH.
  • chase714
    chase714     8th Sep 2018
    I'm a huge job fan #jebfansforlife #ksp
  • Balix_5
    Balix_5     29th Aug 2018
    EPIC! I tryed with plasma and not melted! +1
  • legendisfoot
    legendisfoot     24th Aug 2018
    Hypersonic Spaceplane!
  • MegaGengarRayquaza38
    MegaGengarRayquaza38     10th Jun 2018
    OBVIOUSLY
  • catmaster
    catmaster     30th Sep 2017
    is this ksp? :P
  • Chesvin1
    Chesvin1     15th Dec 2016
    Yeah, i know, but im not going to change it, this save is old.
  • Ferrari_Runner2
    Ferrari_Runner2     4th Dec 2016
    Good model, but usualy u don't re-enter head on like that or you burn up. The Idea is to have a huge surface area that slows the ship down as quickly as possible after hitting the atmosphere. A stramlined shape retains its velocity of several km/s for longer and is therefore more likely to burn up. (faster=more heat)
  • dyaomaster
    dyaomaster     6th Oct 2016
    Congrats, you have developed... a piece of metal that does not burn, tied to a model ship. +1 for the model ship, but the "heat shield" is, in my opinion, worthless. Real heat shields would need to withstand melting temperatures.