The capsule was suspended at an angle closer to horizontal, so that a side of the heat shield contacted the water first.
The shape is determined partly by aerodynamics; a capsule is aerodynamically stable falling blunt end first, which allows only the blunt end to require a heat shield for atmospheric reentry.
Kraft was right; the heat shield had not been loose after all.
Like titanium heat shields the brake coolers are designed to slide between the brake pad backing plate and the caliper piston.
The heat shield is dropped at 120 km altitude.
Experiments showed that an engine was less inclined to screech when additional holes were drilled in the heat shield.
The wall of the jet pipe was protected from the intense heat by a heat shield.
There are three feedback loops altogether: two a. c. bridges for the copper plates, and a commercial d. c. bridge controller for the vacuum can and heat shield.
