The beauty of a bluff body: why the reentry capsule is so iconically conic
Hannah Fry
Aug 28, 2025 17:52
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Bluff bodies are also often called blunt bodies - but bluff is a much funnier word so I'm sticking with it
If you want to go deeper down this rabbit hole (and who wouldn't!?), a great start is Facing the Heat Barrier: A History of Hypersonics by T.A. Heppenheimer (2006)
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