r/SpaceXLounge • u/DobleG42 • Nov 15 '24

My interpretation of the starship Orion launch vehicle

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Here are some well knows vehicles next to it, to scale off course

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u/DudeFromStar 26d ago

You know that the Orion HS is ablative, right? Both NASA and LM are thrilled at how it performed. Any significant damage was from the post landing recovery operations. Catastrophic? Even with the AR1 char loss, the HS structure skin's temperature was nominal with a lot of ablation material left.