heat barrier
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The X-2, for instance, was designed to penetrate the “thermal thicket,” also known as the “heat barrier,” where conventional metals begin to melt, according to the New York Times.
From Washington Post
Others said later that space vehicles would never get through the heat barrier.
From Project Gutenberg
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