HEAT SHIELD FLIES IN ALIEN TERRITORY
The heat shield that surrounded the Galileo probe on Dec. 7 experienced an estimated heat flux of 55 kilowatts per sq. cm.--about 10 times greater than the prior record-setting Pioneer Venus probes. The heat flux was much higher than a hydrogen bomb blast or the surface of the Sun, and the shield...
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