With the gradual increase in robotic rover sophistication and the desire for humans to explore the solar system, the need for reentry systems to deliver large payloads into planetary atmospheres is looming. Heritage ablative Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) using Viking or Pathfinder era materials are at or near their performance limits and will be inadequate for many future missions. Significant advances in TPS materials technology are needed in order to enable susequent human exploration missions. This paper summarizes some recent progress at NASA in developing families of advanced rigid ablative TPS that could be used for thermal protection in planetary entry missions. In particular, the effort focuses on technologies required to land heavy masses on Mars to facilitate exploration.


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    Titel :

    Advanced Rigid Ablative Thermal Protection Systems


    Beteiligte:
    Feldman, J. D. (Autor:in) / Gasch, M. J. (Autor:in) / Poteet, C. C. (Autor:in) / Szalai, Christine (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting ; 2012 ; Nashville, TN, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    09.01.2012


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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