On Apr 8, 6:48*am, Bluuuue Rajah Bluuuuue@Rajah. wrote:
http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=8617

As Apollo did, Orion will use an Avcoat heat-shield, which is made of
"silica fibers with an epoxy-novalic resin filled in a fiberglass-phenolic
honeycomb." *Damn fools, shuttle tile is the good stuff. *It shouldn't take
three years to learn that they did it right the last time. *:P~

What is the biggest tile that can be fabricated? The design of the
Orion is not one large flat surface . IIRC there were no Apollo burn-
thru problems.

http://averyhenderson.files.wordpres...0152_lores.jpg

http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/nash...e-launch3a.jpg