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 separate a heat-sensitive stack from a heat-generating stage like an engine cluster.


All three appear to be that of the Orion MPCV's.

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