Something I don't understand:
If other orbital/suborbital craft need ablative coatings &/or high performance insulating tiles, how come this one seems not to need them?
Is it that as a suborbital craft, lacking orbital velocity, lack the kinetic energy to disipate? What about the early suborbital Mercury capsules? I thought they needed an ablative shield?
Last edited by Tinstaafl; 23rd May 2004 at 02:43.