From: andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk   
      
   On 2005-09-14, Cray74@gmail.com  wrote:   
   > David Given wrote:   
   >> Didn't some of the early Russian capsules use oak heatshields, because it   
   >> turned out the have just the right combination of insulation and ablatative   
   >> properties?   
   >   
   > I've heard that, at various points, Russian, American, and Chinese   
   > capsules used oak heat shields. I'm not sure which of the claims to   
   > believe.   
      
   The early *planned* Chinese manned capsules involved oaken heatshields,   
   at least according to astronautix, though I believe these never flew.   
      
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