Could Hilsch Vortex tubes be used to cool re-entering space shuttles?

Question

Sorry I am a science retard, but have seen how these tubes cool castings in foundries. Also while I have you captive, a whiffle ball construction for the shuttle. I know it must be tiresome explaining to a lower primate but would appreciate your answer

Answer 1

While moderately effective for seperating high energy gasses from low energy ones, the implementation would be a bear. How would you do it, even if you have enough low energy molecules to do the job? I do not think you could overcome all the engineering issues.

Answer 2

Why would you want to do it that way? The current way works fine as long as all the items are checked before hand. The remaining problem is doing a better job of dmage control during takeoff. That won't be solved with you method. You plan will only add a lot of weight (and therefore cost) to the shuttle. The reason tiles were devolped was for the low weight.