[gurps] Stealthy shuttles

Onno Meyer Onno.Meyer at gmx.de
Mon Nov 17 13:30:15 CST 2008


> >Next Week: Probably a stealthy TL11 shuttle.
> 
> Is there any practicable way of making a reentry vehicle stealthy in the
> real world? I'd have thought that the ionisation phase would be pretty
> obvious no matter what you make the vehicle itself out of...

I doubt it. My bird uses reactionless thrusters for slow-but-quiet landings.
Reaction drives could avoid a hot reentry, but only at the expense of a 
big drive plume. 


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