Re: How Rockets Differ From Jets

>tomcat; The inner hull might be in two parts as well, with Brad Guth's
>'bubbles' stopping any further heat convection. The final barrier
>would be a layer of nomex on the inner part of the inner hull.
Basalt balloons are terrific at stoping convetion/conduction mode
thermal transfers, but they're also extremely effective at stoping
radiant thermal transfers.

>tomcat; Hollow titanium tubes 'frosted' with ceramic might be the ribs
>and backbone of choice. You can stiffen the ribs by adding air pressure,
>500 psi, to the hollow portion.
How about instead of wasting air pressure, try Rn because it'll not
leak nearly as easily and it'll certainly transfer a great deal more
thermal energy, especially if going from LRn-->Rn.

BTW; I totally agree with your "You don't want to tempt fate.
Everything has to be built for a 'worse
possible case scenario'". Too bad that consideration wasn't taken
seriously enough into account before we summarily roasted our last
batch of astronauts. Perhaps the bottom of the shuttle/spaceplane will
need an extra effective ABL shield to boot.
~

Kurt Vonnegut would have to agree; WAR is WAR, thus "in war there are
no rules" - In fact, war has been the very reason of having to deal
with the likes of others that haven't been playing by whatever rules,
such as GW Bush.
Life upon Venus, a township w/Bridge & ET/UFO Park-n-Ride Tarmac:
http://guthvenus.tripod.com/gv-town.htm
The Russian/China LSE-CM/ISS (Lunar Space Elevator)
http://guthvenus.tripod.com/lunar-space-elevator.htm
Venus ETs, plus the updated sub-topics; Brad Guth / GASA-IEIS
http://guthvenus.tripod.com/gv-topics.htm

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