The presentation will describe the Space Shuttle Orbiter Thermal Protection System. Ceramic materials technology developed for the Shuttle an improvements introduced after its early flights will be delineated. The current Thermal Protection Technology state of the art and future needs for low cost access to space will be discussed.


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    Title :

    Ceramic Thermal Protection Technology From The Space Shuttle to Access to Space


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    University of Texas-Pan American Conference ; 1995 ; Edinburg, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    1995-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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