Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'
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Popcorn Heat Shield

Ablative, buttery landings.
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This is like a normal heat shield but with embedded popcorn kernels in a thicker honeycomb structure, affixed with golden flavor resin. As the spacecraft descends, they heat up and burst, diffusing the heat with a small explosion of moisture and giving high flying birds a snack.
mylodon, Sep 16 2022

It doesn't have to be toxic hypergolic https://ntrs.nasa.g...ads/20000021515.pdf
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       I Can't Believe It's Not Diacetyl!
RayfordSteele, Sep 16 2022
  

       [a1], you are like a black cloud and a brisk wind on a fine day, that blows icecream from toddler's hands and hair across the mouths of two lovers kissing.
mylodon, Sep 16 2022
  
      
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