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To: NorthMountain

It’s almost impossible unless they can find a material that can go from 5 kelvin to 5000 kelvin to 280 kelvin over a few minutes with no structural stress


12 posted on 08/26/2025 5:59:27 PM PDT by struggle
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To: struggle

Unobtanium? If layered correctly, those tolerances are achievable.


15 posted on 08/26/2025 6:03:27 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: struggle

It’s almost impossible

The goal is to find a way not to replace any heat tiles after re-entry. A work in progress; they obviously would not be doing that, if they though like you, it was impossible - sort of like landing a monster booster and catching it for reuse.


44 posted on 08/27/2025 5:03:11 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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