Metallic thermal protection system requirements, environments, and integrated concepts

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 162-172

  Dorsey, John T ^a,c   Poteet, Carl C ^a,c   Wurster, Kathryn E ^a,d   Chen, Roger R ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c Metals and Thermal Structures Branch   (United States)

^d Vehicle Analysis Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AVIATION; COSTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RELIABILITY; SPACE RESEARCH; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES (RLV); SINGLE-STAGE-TO-ORBITS (SSTO); THERMAL PROTECTION SUPPORT SYSTEMS (TPSS); THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS (TPS);

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 2342475808     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.9173     Document Type: Article

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