SpaceShip One re-enters at low temperature -- it starts out above the atmosphere at zero velocity rather than orbital velocity, and deploys an aerobrake at very high altitude. By the time it gets down to the stratosphere it's going at normal airplane velocity or less.
I agree that for checked luggage you'd want vacuum-formed ABS or something similarly flexible; fiberglass is too brittle. I've considered polycarbonate (Lexan, i.e., bulletproof) panels over a frame of aluminum angle.
Never mind selling kits: put the instructions into a booklet plus flash video, and sell that. Post the first and last sections on YouTube.
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Date: 2007-06-23 03:01 am (UTC)I agree that for checked luggage you'd want vacuum-formed ABS or something similarly flexible; fiberglass is too brittle. I've considered polycarbonate (Lexan, i.e., bulletproof) panels over a frame of aluminum angle.
Never mind selling kits: put the instructions into a booklet plus flash video, and sell that. Post the first and last sections on YouTube.