Heat shield

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A heat shield is a part which protects shielded parts from overheating. All heat shields work as ablative heat shields. This means each has a certain amount of ablative material, ablator, which slowly breaks apart carrying heat away.

Note that these can not only be used for atmosphere reentry, but also to seperate a heat-sensitive stack from a heat-generating stage like an engine cluster.

Image Part Radial size Cost
(Funds)		 Mass
(t)		 Max. Temp.
(K)		 Tolerance
(m/s)		 Tolerance
(g) 		Ablator
HeatShieldSmall.png
 Heat Shield (0.625m) Tiny 150
(125) 		0.075
(0.025) 		3 300 9 50 50
HeatShieldSmall.png
 Heat Shield (1.25m) Small 300
(200) 		0.3
(0.1) 		3 300 9 50 200
HeatShieldLarge.png
 Heat Shield (2.5m) Large 600
(200) 		1.3
(0.5) 		3 300 9 50 800
HeatShieldHuge.png
 Heat Shield (3.75m) Extra large 1100
(200) 		2.8
(1.0) 		3 300 9 50 1 800
Heat Shield (10m).png
 Heat Shield (10m) Large / 10m 2 400 1.5 3 500
(3 250) 		9 50 —
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