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		matja 7 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Artemis II is not safe to fly I'm nowhere near qualified to say if the design is not safe, but I'm suprised the article doesn't mention that some heat shields are designed to indeed, blow chunks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_entry#Ablative

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pennomi 7 days ago [–]

This one is an ablative heat shield, but it’s supposed to flake off gracefully, not break off in large chunks.

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