tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593390371951368920.post33120974745785797..comments2023-12-08T21:46:19.347-05:00Comments on Colony Worlds: NASA Seeking Alternate Heat Shields?Darnell Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10892014932718500845noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6593390371951368920.post-70405020412365742162007-05-08T18:33:00.000-04:002007-05-08T18:33:00.000-04:00Maybe they should be looking at Troy Hurtubise's f...Maybe they should be looking at Troy Hurtubise's fire paste as a simple alternative. The Discovery Channel filmed an interview with him wearing a helmet coated in the paste, while TDC's film crew aimed a blowtorch at his head for ten minutes (Discovery Channel supplied the blowtorch). The stuff is about three orders of magnitude cheaper than the tiles used on the shuttle orbiters.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01273835203670190756noreply@blogger.com