Scott Manley | The Microscopic Trick That Makes Heat Shielding Tiles Work @scottmanley | Uploaded 1 month ago | Updated 1 day ago
The Space Shuttle and Starship are designed to be reusable, which means using a passive thermal protection system, and while these spacecraft are decades apart in technological development the basic principles of how you make a passive, reusable thermal protection system have not changed and there's broadly similar material, structural and technological features seen on both spacecraft.

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