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Re:Nuclear Pulse Propulsion – Orion and Beyond (2000) [pdf] by Pinckney on Friday October 14, 2016 @12:58PM (#12709424)
Galileo safely aerobraked into Jupiter at 47km/s. It takes one hell of a heat shield, but it can be done.
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Re:Nuclear Pulse Propulsion – Orion and Beyond (2000) [pdf] by masklinn on Friday October 14, 2016 @01:07PM (#12709492)
> It takes one hell of a heat shield

That's quite the understatement, the galileo probe was half heatshield by mass. And it took a 230g hit to the face.

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