Comments on: Rocket startup Radian now also building commercial reentry capsule https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/rocket-startup-radian-now-also-building-commercial-reentry-capsule/ Sun, 04 May 2025 02:49:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/rocket-startup-radian-now-also-building-commercial-reentry-capsule/#comment-1582910 Sun, 04 May 2025 02:49:39 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=113809#comment-1582910 China is also looking into thermal protection:
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-advanced-aerogel-composite-extreme-thermal.html

This aerogel is said to be stronger.

If this article is to be believed—the nature of heat transfer itself needs to be rethought:

https://phys.org/news/2025-05-extreme-conditions-materials.html

Heat seems to “bounce.”

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