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Heat shield paves the way for commercial space
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Phenolic-Impregnated Carbon Ablator (PICA) heat shield, a lightweight material designed to withstand high temperatures, was used for the Stardustâs reentry into Earthâs atmosphere. Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX later worked with the inventors at Ames Research Center to outfit PICA on its Dragon capsule, which is now delivering cargo to and from the International Space Station through NASAâs Commercial Resupply Services contracts program.|||| |
| File Size | 319104 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20140000085 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7np72m02 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2014-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Man/system Technology And Life Support Fluid Mechanics And Thermodynamics Commercial Spacecraft Cargo Earth Atmosphere Space Commercialization Stardust Mission Heat Shielding Ablative Materials Solar System Ceramics Aerospace Industry Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
