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Comment by idlewords

The Apollo command module used Avcoat, the same material as Orion. But there are two key differences:

1. The application method is different. Apollo applied it to a metal honeycomb structure with very small cells, while Orion uses blocks of the material. (NASA tried the honeycomb approach for Orion, but it was too labor-intensive).

2. Orion is much bigger and heavier than the Apollo command module. The informal consensus is that Apollo may have been at the upper size limit for using Avcoat.

parent idlewords 7 months ago

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