On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Sean Lynch wrote:
> <http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Research/CMI/RLVsource/>
> My favorite is in the TPS comparison table where the maintenance
> requirements for ceramic tiles are listed as "shoot yourself." It seems
> like if you want a maintainable TPS you're best staying in temperature
> ranges that felt and ceramic blankets can handle. Does anyone know if
> the "single skip" sort of reentry Gerald mentioned would make such a
> thing doable?
Not unless you're willing to take an unorthodox approach of some kind,
I would think.
As others have noted, this table -- and this site in general -- seems to
take a very orthodox view of the situation and the technology, neglecting
anything that isn't pretty much in the current mainstream. Which is not
good, because that mainstream is pretty stagnant; on close inspection, it
looks more like a swamp. About the most solid prediction you can possibly
make is that the Revolution is *not* going to come out of refinements of
today's mainstream ideas.
Henry Spencer
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