<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7230949.stm>
I remember reading a story about someone surfing/gliding through re-entry
on part of his broken craft. A paper survival pod seems about as scary:
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the project would help to inspire new designs for lightweight re-entry
vehicles or craft that could explore the upper reaches of the earth's
atmosphere.
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So far the planes have resisted wind speeds of up to Mach 7, seven times
the speed of sound. They have also endured temperatures of around 300
degrees Celsius.
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The planes being tested are about 8 cm long and weigh less than 30g.
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