Re: TPS Systems

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 07:33

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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?

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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Subject: Re: TPS Systems
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