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- noun Plural form of
heatshield .
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Simple re-entry shells, little more than teardrop-shaped heatshields, rained down from the Shrill cruiser by the thousands.
Jason Stoddard, Strange and Happy » Blog Archive » Eternal Franchise, 21.2 of 31.1 2009
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For comparison, the heatshields of the Spirit and Opportunity Mars Exploration Rovers measured
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SLA 561v has been used on the heatshields of all Mars landers mission of past, but this is the first time it will be used on the backshell of a Mars mission.
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It beats me why habitability resources (toilets, food, sleeping etc) have to be in the re-entry vehicle - hatches in heatshields are hardly news).
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