Why Does Boeing’s Starliner Not Look Burned After Reentry

simple question which lead me to talk about heat shielding on many different capsules over the years. Boeing’s spacecraft uses a non-ablative heatshield on the backshell partly because it has lower thermal loads compared to Dragon thanks to a shallower cone angle.

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