[spunkets]

The obiter, even with this record weight, started to fall apart over CA at 22Kmph. It supposedly disintegrated at 18K. Since the orbital v was around 26Kmph the weight of the vessel wouldn't matter much. Since the reentry v's the same, they'd have to dump more than an order of magnitude in weight to get a significant reduction of time in the heat zone.

[John Jamieson]

You've got a lot of screwed up numbers there spunk and not very much real science. Do some research if you want to play in this game.