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What does the heat shield do on the command module?
As the module reenters earth's atmosphere the leading edge where the heat sheid is located gets very hot, red hot in fact. The ehat shield keeps the heat from penetrating the module to protect the electronic gear and passengers from the extreme heat. If the heat shield were not used the module would literally melt on reentry.
How is a space shuttle procted against the heat?
The spacecraft has a heat shield of tiles, each costing 3000 dollars. to protect it.
Why do you need a heat shield on mars?
Because Mars has an atmosphere, and when the landing vehicle enters and passes through the atmosphere at an extremely high rate of speed, the pressure and friction on the leading face of the vehicle creates a great deal of heat. That's where a heat shield is required to protect the vehicle.
What happened to the heat on Apollo 13?
As there was a shortage of electricity, to save to return to earth , as everything was uncertain.
How fast is the space shuttle upon reentry?
A series of suborbital tests carried out by NASA in the 1960s to evaluate various types of heat ablative materials (ablation) and atmospheric reentry technology, particularly in preparation for the Apollo program. The nosecones of the Scout rockets used in these tests were coated in heat-shield ablators and then caused to reenter the atmosphere at around 28,000 km/h - the speed of reentry after a lunar excursion.
What did the heat shield do in the Apollo moon landings?
When a spaceship returns, the vehicle is travelling so fast that the air rubs over the surface of the capsule or craft and generates heat. The heat shield was an insulating layer on the bottom of the Apollo capsule that prevented the astronauts from frying as it dropped through the atmosphere. Incidentally the Endeavour tragedy was caused by the heat shield being damaged which allowed white hot plasma gas to get inside the wing of the space shuttle and caused it to explode.
Why wasn't the Apollo lander able to land on earth?
Because it didn't have a heat shield. It burned up when it re-entered earth's atmosphere.
How did the Apollo team compensate for the heat on the moon?
They mostly used thermal blankets to shield the equipment and the Lunar Module from the intense heat of the sun. The astronauts were protected from the heat by their space suit and with cooling water which flowed continuously through their undergarments.
How much would it cost to fix the heat shield on your car?
Which heat shield? There are several.
Heat shield vs no heat shield?
i would need to know which shield ur talking about before i can give a professional opinion.
What is a battery heat shield?
it a battery with a shield around it
In Supersonic flights molecules break apart and react chemically?
heat shield
What if your responsibility as a leader is to heat shield your subordinates You do this by?
Your responsibility as a leader is to "heat shield" your subordinates. You do this by all of the above
What is heat shield on catalytic converter?
A heat shield deflects the heat given off the catalytic converter from over heating surrounding parts or panels.
What does a heat shield do on a spacecraft?
A heat shield on a space craft protects the craft from burning up or malfunctioning from over heating.
What does the heat shield do?
Their usually function is to slow the transfer of heat.
Apollo's torso and its light bursts?
The Apollo torso is a cube-shaped structure on the command module that housed various instruments and controls for monitoring the spacecraft. Light bursts seen emanating from the Apollo spacecraft during re-entry were the result of the intense heat generated by friction with the Earth's atmosphere, causing the ablative material on the heat shield to vaporize and create a glowing plasma trail. These light bursts were a normal occurrence during re-entry and helped to dissipate heat away from the spacecraft.
