>>12833816>>12833824I don’t like how those tiles tile like bathroom tiles (there’s that seam in between). Why don’t they tile like roof tiles?
And the way they’re riveted down is total bullshit. It hinges on those rivets alone. At maximum load, it should be stable however it’s forces upon without rivets (like how roof tiles sit with gravity), the rivets should just hold them in place when it’s not in use like when the rocket is just sitting upright.
Also it’s ceramic and brittle, they should be reinforced with something like how concrete has rebar. You should count on the pieces breaking, but still being okay, like if an overpass beam cracks, it doesn’t collapse the bridge. If reinforcements reduce insulation, just make the tiles thicker.
They’re too fucking brittle and placed on totally horrible. Not designed for various load, not fault tolerant, not shock tolerant. Why no redundancy, why not extra layers?
Why isn’t there a “chain mail” like “fabric” you could use as an under layer in case a tile fell off that would still buy you time for a couple atmospheric decents or something?
And why not just cover the entire panel in a steel plate, and then have the insulting material be underneath that. It’s stupid to have the insulating tiles also be forced to withstand wind. I get that it’s for plasma, but if steel can take the plasma, why not at least just cover the tiles with a big plate of steel and let the ceramic handle the heat transfer? The material shouldn’t be forced to do two jobs when you could just use two layers of two materials on top of eachother.
