On 1/27/2018 9:15 PM, Tim wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 08:22:15PM -0500, Caleuche wrote:
>> So I turned to the next obvious option: lifepods. Somewhere I had
>> once seen a drawing of a Traveller lifepod intended for reentry that
>> was not pressurized (and open to space even) which basically was a
>> mass of ablative material on the front, with a space for the
>> Traveller to lay down on immediately behind it.
>
> That doesn't seem survivable.  You would want at least some shielding
> from the radiative heat flux and later transsonic airflow around the
> pod.
>
>
http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Personal_Reentry_Kit

This is one of the early Traveller pieces of cool technology. The idea is to
have a very small frame and a package of foam for a really light weight package
before being deployed.

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