Mercury man-in-space program involves ballistic type re-entry vehicle utilizing ablative and heat sink materials in its primary heat shield; basic reasons for trend toward lifting type re-entry, heat shield problems of these vehicles, role that ceramics may play in lifting vehicle radiative shields, and test on two ceramic materials.
Ceramic heat shields for glide re-entry vehicles
SAE -- Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1961 Heat problems
1961
9 pages
Conference paper
English
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