Genius! SpaceX TESTED New METAL Heat Shield to End 1500°C Melting...

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @RyNiuu
    @RyNiuu День назад +2

    Sometimes, I feel like there are a lot of fillers, but this time, it is pure knowledge transfer. Thanks!

    • @colonbina1
      @colonbina1  День назад

      tell me the topic you want to discuss, I will find more about that

  • @brucedavenport
    @brucedavenport День назад +3

    As new solutions are put together and tested, they bring with them requirements for more fuel to lift the addition weight of the ship with the new, and often heavier, heat shields. At some point, the cost of fuel to slow down the ship’s speed before entering earth’s atmosphere becomes more viable. Slow down then simply fall to earth. A significant reduction in surface heat during reentry.

  • @Docjonel
    @Docjonel День назад +3

    Have you ever owned an air hockey table? Simple technology but those air holes always eventually get clogged and can be a pain to keep clear. A heat shield with holes for ullage gas or liquid-film cooling would have to keep those holes open and that could significantly add to maintenance headaches.

    • @miguellopez3392
      @miguellopez3392 День назад +1

      laser cleaner or ultrasonic cleaner can get those holes clean fairly easily, the machines are just very expensive but not for SpaceX.

  • @MrModelaer
    @MrModelaer День назад +1

    Water is the way to go. As kids, we experimented with boiling water in a paper cup set into the coals of a campfire. Indeed, you can boil water in a paper cup. Using a water layer behind the ship's SS hull in critical areas and may also serve to shield the crew from space radiation.

  • @kentnebergall3156
    @kentnebergall3156 День назад +2

    Water would freeze in the channel due to contact with the fuel tanks unless completely empty. It's great for heat absorption. But may also cause a blow-out if icing at any point comes against the pressure of steam between two thin layers of metal.
    Methane may cause carbon fouling over time when burning off in contact with atomic oxygen in the upper atmosphere.
    We may be stuck with a dedicated nitrogen tank. Carbon dioxide may also be an option given the Mars return core mission, since it would not freeze if the plumbing were sufficiently separate from the main tanks. It may still freeze at those temperatures, but not nearly as readily as a water system would. It's not impossible that it would also foul the system if the carbon were sufficiently heated to disassociate from the oxygen in CO2.
    I'm sure the Chem-E staff at SpaceX are having fun with this one. It has to work in the chemistry of both Earth and Mars atmospheres, so lab time is doubled.

  • @rickster9993
    @rickster9993 День назад +3

    I'm visualizing thin sheets of stainless cut and configure such as to go on like fish scales. Then you just run the coolant between the scales. I'm still wondering if you could configure a electromagnet skin to push the plasma away from the ship.

  • @jcdisci
    @jcdisci День назад +1

    I was 12 when Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon. I watched it on a 12" B&W portable TV in the display window of a news stand while my mon did laundry next door. Even at 12 yrs old, I recognized the historic significance of what I was watching. I am eagerly anticipating witnessing the same on Mars.

    • @colonbina1
      @colonbina1  День назад +2

      I am also eagerly anticipating this.

    • @jcdisci
      @jcdisci День назад +1

      @@colonbina1 I'm anticipating going. I'm a retired chef, and they'll need food...

  • @VallenChaosValiant
    @VallenChaosValiant День назад +1

    To think, the only reason we had been using ceramic tiles all this time was because it was easier for single-use purposes. It was good enough. But makes sense it is too fragile for reuse.

  • @rays2506
    @rays2506 22 часа назад +1

    The only demonstrated replacement for the Space Shuttle tiles consists of thin columbium (aka niobium) metal panels (aka shingles) covered with a tightly adhering ceramic coating to prevent the metal from oxidizing and eventually experiencing burnthrough.
    Those FS-85 niobium panels were 0.4 mm thick and were tested to 2600F (1423C) successfully for 100 Shuttle EDL heating profiles (temperature and time) and tensile and bending loads without any unbonding of the ceramic oxidation prevention coating.
    Those panels require mechanical attachment hardware similar to the hardware now used to attach the ceramic fiber tiles to the Starship and flexible ceramic fiber thermal insulation between the panel and the hull of the vehicle also similar to the blankets now used on Starship.
    SpaceX has a lot of experience with niobium since the nozzle for the Merlin vacuum engine is made of niobium.
    Side note: My lab spent three years (1969-71) developing and testing ceramic fiber tiles and coated niobium heat shield panels during the conceptual design period of the Space Shuttle project.

  • @JeremyStMartin
    @JeremyStMartin 19 часов назад +2

    point the bottom side away from the sun and spray water to make a lot of ice on that side. The ice can make a nice shield that will melt away as it does it's job. Then the thing is all lighter when it lands. Nice! Ice!

    • @chriswhite3692
      @chriswhite3692 13 часов назад +1

      What? Where are you getting all of this extra water from?

  • @RobertHampton747
    @RobertHampton747 12 часов назад +1

    The strangest thing happened to me a little while ago. I had this visionary idea of a new Starship Heat Shielding method. And I called it "Ionic Thermal Shielding" using a strong field of ionized particles on the heat tile side of the Starship creating a barrier between the frictional reentry heat and the Starship that would drastically reduce the heat that the Starship heat shields receives. It struck me as strange that I would think of such a thing so I decided to Google it and Google has a new thing called "AI Overview," which I didn't know about. The Artifical Intelligence came up with the same thing that I did and by the same name, saying it's an actual technology they're working on to "shield spacecraft on re-entery into Earth's atmosphere." 🤩🤔

  • @2ndhandjoke
    @2ndhandjoke День назад +2

    Now if they use methane as a coolant or heat shield, won’t that compromise the fuel system? Heating fuel is not a smart idea for many reasons and what about extra weight with metal shield?

  • @JoyceLynn-q3m
    @JoyceLynn-q3m День назад +1

    Elon and SpaceX never stand still.❤️‍🔥

  • @niblysribly
    @niblysribly 12 часов назад +1

    Next he needs to create electromagnetic shielding. Push high energetic particles away from the craft

  • @brianhillier7052
    @brianhillier7052 День назад +3

    Tungsten Metal for the hottest spots. or a special silica glass? maybe tungsten and carbon alloy? or some type of advanced ceramics? OH OH METALLIC BORON!!!!! it has melting point of over 3000 degrees F.

    • @tonymack5162
      @tonymack5162 День назад

      It's no use guessing because I bet its going to be a new compound of materials that nobody has ever heard of.

  • @sagecoach
    @sagecoach День назад +1

    Thanks

    • @colonbina1
      @colonbina1  День назад +1

      ❤️❤️❤️

    • @AquarianSoulTimeTraveler
      @AquarianSoulTimeTraveler 22 часа назад

      ​@@colonbina1they will be doing a metallic glass type of heat shield which is metal but it is formed in the structure or shape of glass... You can look up metallic glass... The ullage will be the starlite compound...

  • @M4RTiJNTJE
    @M4RTiJNTJE День назад

    always great vids thx man 👍✌

  • @mechanicalenvironments
    @mechanicalenvironments 20 часов назад +1

    I wonder if a phase change material could be used to fill the jacketed shell of a heat shield. It would need to be a designer material but the limited amount of time its needed seems like it could be possible option.

  • @thomasmacon7782
    @thomasmacon7782 День назад

    Good Idea 💡

  • @jespado
    @jespado День назад +4

    You realise that this is not good news not having a technical solution for such a critical function so late in a project?

  • @AtlasShrugged123
    @AtlasShrugged123 22 часа назад +2

    I'm no rocket engineer, but I'm just putting this out there. Could an Electromagnetic Heat Shield be possible. Since Plasma is receptive to Electromagnetic fields, couldn't they make the heat shield repel the plasma. Like I said, I'm no engineer. Maybe the apparatus involved to make this happen would be prohibitive to spaceflight, i.e, too heavy, too advanced? I'm sure some people smarter than I would have tried it if it was possible. The best way to deal with the heat of re-entry is to not let it touch the ship. Maybe using it in combination with ullage gas cooling?

    • @joeprimal2044
      @joeprimal2044 14 часов назад

      I don’t think magnetics would work given the extreme force with which the air molecules are being slammed against the hull, but Ive got to give you serious points for out of the box thinking.

  • @morpheus2490
    @morpheus2490 День назад +1

    The discolouration was aluminium coated on the steel so they could see on the cameras what temps they got without lots more sensors. Yes they coated the tops of the flaps with aluminium. Why it started discolouring way before the temps steel discolours

  • @AquarianSoulTimeTraveler
    @AquarianSoulTimeTraveler 22 часа назад

    The reason why there will be metallic glass heat shields it's because forming this is extremely difficult and you cannot form huge sections of the ship with this material unless you have huge machines that can instantly cool down the metal.

  • @danielsee1
    @danielsee1 День назад

    DO NOT FORGET RESILIENCE. RESILIENCE. RESILIENCE. Resilience resonates and is palpable.

  • @zarl5238
    @zarl5238 22 часа назад +1

    wow what a concept-air conditioning for the starship-wonder if they could use freon? :)

  • @walterheisenberg6204
    @walterheisenberg6204 16 часов назад +1

    Many of the people with comments need to apply to SpaceX.

  • @richardcorwin1828
    @richardcorwin1828 День назад

    Burn Baby Burn!! This would mean a major leap in protection in men capable missions. God Bless to all in this Advent season.

  • @jeffreymckie3328
    @jeffreymckie3328 День назад +2

    Space missions are not countless.

  • @tonymack5162
    @tonymack5162 23 часа назад +1

    Wait and see but my guess is that its going to be made of a compound of materials that nobody has ever heard of before.

  • @applewhite926
    @applewhite926 День назад

    At 1500°C, coolant will vaporize, buble will appear and corrode the inner surface of the heatshield. I remember original Musk planned to use 310 grade stainless steel. Outer shell should use this material instead of 304L. 310 can mantain its strength upto 910°C. Sure there should be auxiliary systems like pump, recirculation system for coolant, added weight to both vehicle, or other genius idea from the team! Very exciting to see!

  • @myvideos1707
    @myvideos1707 21 час назад +2

    They need the same metal of Iron Man

  • @MichaelAbban-de1ny
    @MichaelAbban-de1ny 3 часа назад

    It would be more effective if coolant would bleed much faster at broken tiles, putting the coolant where it is needed most.

  • @milenkosavic8359
    @milenkosavic8359 День назад +1

    Did SpaceX try to make heat shield tiles from Aerogel?

    • @miguellopez3392
      @miguellopez3392 День назад

      aerogel has oxygen in it, it would burn up faster.

    • @tonymack5162
      @tonymack5162 День назад

      and it's far too weak

    • @claytonturner1385
      @claytonturner1385 20 часов назад

      I believe aerogel is too fragile in its present form! I'm sure he has a chemist working on it somewhere

  • @man_at_the_end_of_time
    @man_at_the_end_of_time День назад

    Perhaps a comparable in between ceramic heat shield tile and these metal tile would be interesting. If the metal is tougher such it isn't subject to the damage seen with ceramic tile. And of course there are limits with current chemical reaction propulsion methods. But that doesn't mean there can't be other ways. For example propellate heated by directed energy from surface stations. Or a plasma drive with a similar power source. If only for the first stage. Or in time, aneutronic fusion impulse from the ground to orbit and beyond.

  • @dirkpitt5468
    @dirkpitt5468 День назад

    How long until we see a clear (see through) Stainless Steel Starship.?

    • @colonbina1
      @colonbina1  День назад

      See through inside Starship?

  • @arrow1414
    @arrow1414 11 часов назад

    Essentially the Starship is being made to sweat.

  • @CSGATI
    @CSGATI 16 часов назад

    Gallium will circulate and not boil with minimum heating to keep it from freezing

  • @kennethng8346
    @kennethng8346 День назад +1

    Gps rapid response. Sounds like the military is concerned about our goa network being targeted during a war.

  • @costrio
    @costrio День назад +1

    So, Musk says the status quo is not good enough?
    That's how to improve a product, I think.
    Don't get stuck in a rut?
    I like it!

  • @MarkKlimaszewski
    @MarkKlimaszewski 22 часа назад

    Perhaps an alloy variation of Copper Nickle Iron alloy used in the marine industry.

  • @WadeStewart2025
    @WadeStewart2025 6 часов назад

    Why not a Titanium alloy?

  • @ANGRY_AMERICAN
    @ANGRY_AMERICAN День назад

    The solution? Pulling all ideas from the different fields of engineering I worked in dealing with heat. 1 solution would be to make stronger heatshield on the sides for catching that can handle the bumping off of the sliders on catch arms but still needs a deployable catching head like superheavy. 2 would be to create corrugated steel that can be filled with cryofuel for initial cooling then expelled though micro vent holes to create film cooling. The film cooling calls into question how much fuel would be needed to cool for re-entry from LEO or returning from lunar or Mars orbit vs the fuel needed for a long enough de-orbit burn to accomplish the same goal but still need a deployable catching head. Once there is a large enough space station for actual tourist any organic matter from human waste to food and plant waste easily makes CH4, so visiting starships can get enough fuel for re-entry.

  • @RobertHampton747
    @RobertHampton747 12 часов назад

    Elon, have you considered the use of Ionic Thermal Shielding as a sort of "Star Trek" shield in conjunction with your new metal shields to create a complete barrier between the frictional reentry heat and the Starship.

  • @AquarianSoulTimeTraveler
    @AquarianSoulTimeTraveler 22 часа назад

    @colonbina1 they will be doing a metallic glass type of heat shield which is metal but it is formed in the structure or shape of glass... You can look up metallic glass... The ullage will be the starlite compound...

  • @OWill40
    @OWill40 День назад +1

    👍

  • @hemojr
    @hemojr 23 часа назад

    Stainless steel alloy that incorporates tungsten

    • @lachezarkrastev7123
      @lachezarkrastev7123 22 часа назад

      The reentry plasma temperature is above 6000 K!!!! There is no material in the world that could withstand that without burning and evaporating. So any rapid reusability is a profoundly stupid dream.

    • @rogerrussell9544
      @rogerrussell9544 19 часов назад +1

      @@lachezarkrastev7123 Yes, let's all go back to living in caves since anything else is a stupid dream.

  • @vindigga6
    @vindigga6 Час назад

    Not trying to be a back seat driver, I realize spaceX knows ALOT more then me, but here goes. Why doesnt spaceX manufacture 1 giant titanium heat shield that just attaches to the bottom. Based on my backyard research titanium can withstand 3000F more then enough for re-entry, it would allow for a quick turn around as you dont have to check a couple 100k individual tiles. And if there is damage? You disconnect it and replace it with a new one (which is already prepared). And to save on costs the old one is recycled. I think it would add alot of simplicity. And also it appears titanium is lighter then ceramic (but ill admit i find conflicting reports on that). And yes i know im making it sound waaay more simplified then it is. But i think this would solve all there problems if it can be done efficiently.

    • @edfix
      @edfix Час назад +1

      One quick impression. The problem is not just how high a temperature the heat shield can withstand without meltiing, it also must not conduct that heat through to the stainless steel skin. Titanium conducts heat well; ceramic insulates and keeps the stainless temperature much lower.
      The actively cooled metalic shield they're talking about also keeps the skin temperature down by conducting the heat away.

  • @GlennJTison
    @GlennJTison 11 часов назад

    If you have a cooling sandwich, outer layer perforated grade 330 stainless steel.

  • @trevorpickup3820
    @trevorpickup3820 День назад +2

    Not a lot new here then.

  • @WilliamHostman
    @WilliamHostman 23 часа назад

    There's nothing new about him wanting to use ullage gas as a virtual heat shield. It was, in fact, in the very first discussions Musk put forward about starship.
    Bye the bye, ullage is usualty prononounced without a leading jotation (y-sound)... and for reference, the j in jotation is pronounced with the leading y sound.

  • @partiespronto
    @partiespronto День назад +2

    Does this mean starship will be dual wall? where/how is each metal tile for the heat shield filled up with a fluid? Where does the liquid come from?
    Can we get a deep dive metal heat shield tile video? 🥺 Please. I have so many questions

    • @partiespronto
      @partiespronto День назад

      @greatspacex 🥺 please

    • @colonbina1
      @colonbina1  День назад +2

      I noted this, thanks your questions. I will find more about this

  • @RonColeArt
    @RonColeArt День назад +2

    2:54 - "...he writed..."? Every time I hear a weird word like that, I strongly suspect the "narrator" is actually AI and not a real living breathing person. I can see someone typing "writed" as a typo but I can't imagine anyone reading it out loud and not correcting it. Note to video creator - I DO NOT WATCH VIDEOS PRODUCED BY AT. I turn them off and block that content creator from ever appearing on my timeline again. You're on notice.

    • @giggleherz
      @giggleherz День назад +1

      It seems AI voices will be the norm from now on, much easier than taking time to narrate. It would be nice if they could fine tune the mistakes or let us know its an AI generated voice at least we would know before we start to listen.
      We get use to a new person that we may like only to find out its AI

    • @colonbina1
      @colonbina1  День назад +1

      I noted this and change! until then, please believe that we are not robots.

    • @RonColeArt
      @RonColeArt 22 часа назад +1

      I'm very happy to hear that and I believe you... for now. But I've been seeing a rapidly increasing number of AI generated videos showing up in my feed and there will soon (and I do mean soon) come a day when it will be literally impossible to tell what's real or not on the internet. That day will also include "replies" from the "content creator" in the comments section that will also be AI generated. I strongly suggest that every human creator post at least one video on their channel that is a testimonial that they are indeed a real living breathing person. We are entering an Internet Dark Age of AI Deception.

  • @stellarfortressnemesis
    @stellarfortressnemesis 16 часов назад +2

    You said "arm" again. Do you understand in English when you have more than one of something, you add "s" to the noun?

    • @tinotrivino
      @tinotrivino 15 часов назад +2

      It's worse; there are people who don't even say 'an' before a word that begins with a vowel, lol. Hugs from Spain

    • @stellarfortressnemesis
      @stellarfortressnemesis 8 часов назад

      Who did that?

  • @kf4ms
    @kf4ms День назад

    talking about launch from the CAPE and showing video of Vandenburg ??

    • @colonbina1
      @colonbina1  День назад +1

      Our mistake. I will fix it.

  • @shadow_spark8788
    @shadow_spark8788 День назад +1

    I don't think they will use it on whole ship. Most likely there will be metallic heat shield in some parts like catching mechanism to reduce ceramic tiles number for easier refurbishment.

    • @colonbina1
      @colonbina1  День назад

      Your idea is quite reasonable. That would probably solve more problems.

  • @friendryan
    @friendryan День назад +5

    absolute zero new info in this video

  • @jaeluatl
    @jaeluatl День назад +12

    Overwritten and over exaggerated wording

    • @Cool-Game-Dev
      @Cool-Game-Dev День назад +4

      Its AI generated

    • @brinkman4925
      @brinkman4925 23 часа назад +2

      Why you guys keep coming back to watch with bad criticism. Just stop watching. Find someone better to watch.

    • @jubeaumont6305
      @jubeaumont6305 22 часа назад

      Its wasnt ether of those things really though was it.

    • @RichardBivins
      @RichardBivins 19 часов назад

      AI yes, but programmed by morons...as applied to the English language.

  • @TheJMBon
    @TheJMBon 3 часа назад +1

    Clickbait AI propaganda

  • @lachezarkrastev7123
    @lachezarkrastev7123 22 часа назад +1

    Yes I have an Idea - paint the unprotected parts with black heat resistant paint. This will improve the radiative cooling with at least 20%. But there is no point - this silo is doomed anyway.

  • @theohughes7170
    @theohughes7170 День назад

    More propulsive braking and landing

  • @leverman7517
    @leverman7517 День назад

    Areogel?....

  • @antonybastin3432
    @antonybastin3432 День назад

    🙏🇮🇳

  • @COWBOY_TECH
    @COWBOY_TECH 21 час назад +1

    this is not new info

  • @iancanty9875
    @iancanty9875 День назад

    The idea of a heat shield with thousands of holes through which to force gas or liquid coolant was already considered several years ago by Spacex, when the original idea was to build the hull from carbon fibre composites. The same idea of forcing air through small holes also helps some boat hull designs glide through the water more efficiently. In effect Spacex have already built a giant heat shield tile. It is the water deluge plate under the OLM.

  • @rocroc
    @rocroc День назад

    Too heavy and too complex. Keep at it.

  • @warrenwhite9085
    @warrenwhite9085 День назад

    Following NASA’s lead, doing anything NASA does would be extremely wasteful, dysfunctional, incompetent.
    NASA’s shuttle was an unaffordable, unsustainable disaster, just like Constellation & SLS.

    • @colonbina1
      @colonbina1  День назад

      SLS is bigger disaster

    • @warrenwhite9085
      @warrenwhite9085 День назад

      @ NASA’s decisions crushed the US space program, resulted in wasting 52 years & $1 trillion since Apollo on dead-end boondoggles: Saturn V, Shuttle, Constellation, SLS… NASA keeps getting worse… no American has left Low Earth Orbit in over 5 decades.
      Defund NASA, it’s hopeless. Let spirited, innovative, efficient private enterprise take the lead.

  • @RonColeArt
    @RonColeArt День назад

    7:28 The voiceover says "Mars mission" as we see a clip of a warm, wet and cloudy Earthlike landscape... yet another indicator that this video was created by AI and not a living, breathing human. I'm seriously starting to question whether 'GREAT SPACEX' is a human product. I hope I'm wrong but, it's not looking good.

    • @colonbina1
      @colonbina1  День назад

      It my editing mistake. We will change this, but don’t be worried about I am AI. I can guarantee

  • @Jeffrey_Bezos_Amazon
    @Jeffrey_Bezos_Amazon День назад +2

    Germany's youth is being suppressed by old farts in politics.

  • @motrebal
    @motrebal 9 часов назад

    Again another repeat of an earlier show, make something original

  • @mp6756
    @mp6756 День назад +3

    Starship is doomed. The ship keeps getting taller and heavier while SpaceX is struggling to solve the rocket equation. More fuel ads weight, which reduces payload, adding a metallic heat shield will add more weight and will require more fuel. You can simply see block the 3 ship renders, and it's even taller. Cylindrical objects don't do well during reentry.

    • @colonbina1
      @colonbina1  День назад +2

      So can you suggest some solutions for SpaceX?

    • @karthikg521
      @karthikg521 День назад +1

      ​@@colonbina1 people like him are just bugs in the matrix code😂😂

    • @tonymack5162
      @tonymack5162 День назад +1

      Be assured that SpaceX will overcome all these hurdles in time.

    • @mp6756
      @mp6756 23 часа назад +2

      @colonbina1 I would suggest SpaceX go back to the first iteration of the BFR. It had a lifting body shape. Elon said that wings were useless in space, but reentry is a different story.

    • @Steven_Edwards
      @Steven_Edwards 22 часа назад +2

      A lot of the current problems can be traced to the move away from the lifting body design.
      They wanted to be able to quickly rollout rolled water towers, but those are just not conducive to re-entry from orbital speeds. Boosters do ok because they only ever make it to at most 1/10th orbital velocity.
      Fabrication of integration of a lifting body airframe takes months, no matter how much rapid iteration you try.

  • @JacobDyck-o1v
    @JacobDyck-o1v 22 часа назад +1

    Liquid Vapor Metal spread all over the gulf of Mexico, India, and other tenants living on this planet Including you and me.

    • @rogerrussell9544
      @rogerrussell9544 19 часов назад +1

      The cow farts will neutralize it. Quick, let's raise more beef!

    • @zmblion
      @zmblion 12 часов назад +1

      Governments do it all the time

  • @Cool-Game-Dev
    @Cool-Game-Dev День назад +1

    this sounds AI generated

    • @colonbina1
      @colonbina1  День назад

      What's wrong?

    • @Cool-Game-Dev
      @Cool-Game-Dev День назад

      @ the extravagant wording, the word choice, it just *sounds* AI

  • @kf4ms
    @kf4ms День назад

    methane as coolant is logical, however extremely dangerous when desiged as a leak through design to dissipate heat. Wouldn't that raise the possibilities of FUEL/METHANE leaking into the "super heated" flow in reentry and could make Starship a premium fireworks show. RUD

  • @TimberStiffy_
    @TimberStiffy_ День назад +2

    what are the costs of a bi-layer evaporative cooling system? added weight that does nothing and added fueling requirements. how much fuel will be needed to absorb the heat? are they already having issues with heat soak into the tanks? are the tiles that heavy? complexity- will a micro porous skin stay porous after a reentry and sooting? will a thin layer of stainless surve and serve the same purpose and resiliency ageists micro meteoroid strikes at tiles? I don't see evap cooling going so well.

    • @miguellopez3392
      @miguellopez3392 День назад

      you dont see it going well yet you have this many unanswered questions? liquid to gas cooling systems are not complex nor expensive and are some of teh first forms of cooling humans invented with plumbing, it would get rid of 10 tons of heat shields and they already have to bleed off fuel on re entry to lower their weight, you can clean micro pours with a solvent bath in a ultrasonic chamber or hand held laser gun for cleaning, heat tiles where not designed to protect the craft from micro meteorites in the first place thats a difrent technology the requires multiple layers of thin sheets of aluminum to be weight effective.

    • @ajfarmer4934
      @ajfarmer4934 День назад +1

      @@miguellopez3392 ya, what he said above!

  • @Loosetweezers
    @Loosetweezers День назад +2

    This channel and Alpha tech are carbon copies of each other.