Thermal protection systems for intermediate duration missions require use of radiation barriers such as superinsulation (multiple foil) or shadow shields; radiation barriers must be in vacuum environment to be effective, which makes them incompatible with operations within Earth's atmosphere; problems involved in applying both foil and shadow shields; weight estimates and experimental data indicate that foil outperforms all nonfoil insulations; shadow shield systems can be extremely light weight.
Lightweight thermal protection systems for space vehicle propellant tanks
SAE -- Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1963 Insulation
1963
16 pages
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
© Metadata Copyright Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
Lightweight Thermal Protection Systems for Space Vehicle Propellant Tanks
SAE Technical Papers | 1964
|Lightweight thermal protection systems for space vehicle propellant tanks
Engineering Index Backfile | 1965
|Composite reinforced propellant tanks
NTRS | 1975
|