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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: TPS Systems
- Message-ID: <C1I4zo.HqI@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 07:33:23 GMT
- References: <61310bf1@ofa123.fidonet.org> <C0vp5C.JH8@grex.ann-arbor.mi.us>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- In article <C0vp5C.JH8@grex.ann-arbor.mi.us> mcdaniel@grex.ann-arbor.mi.us (Tim McDaniel) writes:
- >Wasn't there at least one Chinese satellite that returned film (?) using
- >a heat shield made of oak?
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- Yes, the Chinese reportedly use chemically-treated oak as an ablative
- material. Apparently it works pretty well.
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- "God willing... we shall return." | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
- -Gene Cernan, the Moon, Dec 1972 | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
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