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starship active cooling

Starship is no longer planned to be actively cooled so i think that section should be removed

excellent reference

I'm parking this here until I (or someone?) can add this stuff to the article. this is the slide deck for an entire course on the subject. of TPS

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-Arch dude (talk) 15:21, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Guided entry

The article could be improved by adding a section on "Guided entry." See e.g. https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/3646/mars-science-laboratory-guided-entry-at-mars-artists-concept/ (— 𝐬𝐝𝐒𝐝𝐬 — - talk) 01:56, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Eject?

Bailed out? There is no ejection seats on shuttles. This part - had the crew known the extent of the damage before attempting reentry, they would have flown the shuttle to a safe altitude and then bailed out. Ruderod (talk) 16:30, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]