SpaceX genius solution to protect orbital Starship on reentry!
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SpaceX genius solution to protect orbital Starship on reentry!
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Launching a rocket into orbit is challenging, but bringing it back safely to Earth is much more difficult.
Well, Spacecraft’s reentry is a tricky business for several reasons. When an object enters the Earth's atmosphere, it experiences a few forces, including gravity and drag. Gravity will naturally pull an object back to Earth. But gravity alone would cause the object to fall dangerously fast. Luckily, Earth's atmosphere contains particles of air. As the object falls, it hits and rubs against these particles, creating friction. This friction causes the object to experience drag, or air resistance, which slows down the object to a safer entry speed.
This friction is a double-edged sword, however. Although it causes drag, it also causes intense heat. Specifically, Starship faced intense temperatures of about 1649 degrees Celsius, double that in nuclear reactors.
Despite being made of stainless steel which has a high melting point, under such harsh conditions, Starship will still easily turn into a giant fireball, not only self-destructing but also threatening other objects in space.
So how Starship will deal with that?
SpaceX has a genius solution to protect orbital Starship on reentry!
Discuss everything about this in today's episode of Tech Map.
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SpaceX genius solution to protect orbital Starship on reentry!