Talk:Ablative armor

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[edit] Space Shuttles

I was under the impression that the heat sheilding on NASA's Space Shuttles was based on the ablative armour concept - does this deserve a mention? --The Great Apple 16:58, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

After a small amount of poking around I may be mistaken. It could have been that earlier craft used this technique, though it appears Space Shuttles don't. --The Great Apple 17:00, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Early heatshields were ablative, and to date some "disposable" heatshields still are. An ablaytive heatshield on a reusable spacecraft, however, would mean having to replace it in toto after every mission. Shimgray | talk | 19:03, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WPMilHist Assessment

A fine start, and nice mentioning the military, space, and science-fiction aspects of the topic. Could use some pictures, maybe some further details of examples in which ablative armor is used in each of these fields. Is it used at all in real-life military applications? LordAmeth 16:19, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation

The grammatical term ablative is normally pronounced /'æblətɪv/ (roughly ABB-lutt-tiv), but my understanding is that the armor is usualy pronounced /əb'leɪtɪv/ (roughly ubb-LATE-tiv). Is this correct? --Iustinus 17:50, 18 March 2007 (UTC)