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Advanced ablative tps
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Gasch, Matthew J. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | Early NASA missions (Gemini, Apollo, Mars Viking) employed new ablative TPS that were tailored for the entry environment. After 40 years, heritage ablative TPS materials using Viking or Pathfinder era materials are at or near their performance limits and will be inadequate for future exploration missions. Significant advances in TPS materials technology are needed in order to enable any subsequent human exploration missions beyond Low Earth Orbit. This poster summarizes some recent progress at NASA in developing families of advanced rigid/conformable and flexible ablators that could potentially be used for thermal protection in planetary entry missions. In particular the effort focuses technologies required to land heavy (approx.40 metric ton) masses on Mars to facilitate future exploration plans. |
| File Size | 431291 |
| Page Count | 1 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110014392 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9j43rc18 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2011-07-06 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Nasa Programs Progress Viking Mars Program Thermal Protection Low Earth Orbits Ablative Materials Space Exploration Atmospheric Entry Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Presentation |
