On 28Jan2018 1422, Caleuche wrote:

> So I turned to the next obvious option: lifepods. Somewhere I had
> once seen a drawing of a Traveller lifepod intended for reentry that
> was not pressurized (and open to space even) which basically was a
> mass of ablative material on the front, with a space for the
> Traveller to lay down on immediately behind it. The whole thing as
> probably on the order of 1-2 Dton, most of which was just a frame. It
> would include some means of propulsion to give something like a 20-40
> m/s kick to deorbit it, and that would supply a low orbiting craft or
> space station a means of evacuating personnel.
>
> What would reentry from such a pod look like?

That sounds like an personal re-entry kit, rather than a life pod. Used
for meteoric re-entry by extreme sportspersons and cut-rate marines.

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