Pray For Our Astronauts. Will The Heat Shield Hold Up?
Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater
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🗓️ 10 April 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Our astronauts will be traveling at 25,000 mph and the capsule will be at 5,000 degrees. NASA has admitted that the head shield has "shortcomings". But going forth and trusting God is the American way.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Politics by Faith. This is where we take the news of the day, and we bring it to the Bible so we can walk away with peace and perspective. |
| 0:11.2 | There's new headlines every single day about Ecclesiasty says there's nothing new under the sun. |
| 0:15.4 | So thanks to be hearing it to get the true story. The story of the day, splash down, splash down. |
| 0:24.6 | Tonight, 8.7 p.m. Eastern. |
| 0:31.0 | I wanted to talk about this today so that we have plenty of time to pray for our astronauts. |
| 0:41.3 | I want to talk about Artemis. 8.7 p.m. Eastern off the coast of San Diego, the capsule they've been living in is the size of two minivans. Four people, 10 days, it's tight. But apparently it's twice as big as the |
| 0:46.9 | Apollo capsule is worse. So this is quite roomy compared to that. This capsule tonight |
| 0:53.4 | is going to be coming in at 25,000 miles per hour, |
| 0:57.6 | and it's going to reach a temperature of 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit. That's half the temperature of the |
| 1:04.9 | surface of the sun. I read that I had to check that out three times to make sure that's true. |
| 1:10.4 | And indeed, the temperature of the surface of the sun is 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. |
| 1:13.8 | The outside of this capsule coming into Earth is going to be 5,000 degrees. |
| 1:20.8 | It's made from this material called Avcote, made in New Orleans. |
| 1:27.2 | What in the world? |
| 1:28.7 | And it's going to be at that temperature for five minutes. |
| 1:31.6 | And it's going to be at a comparatively cool 3,000 degrees for 20 minutes. |
| 1:36.4 | Imagine being inside of this capsule where it's 110. |
| 1:40.4 | So like pretty hot still, right? |
| 1:45.0 | And by the way, when they land, the idea is that they can stand there for two hours before |
| 1:50.5 | the Navy can get to them. |
| 1:51.5 | Like if they land within the zone that they want to, the Navy can be there within two hours. |
| 1:54.5 | It's a long time to be at 110 degrees. |
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