Recent advances in the development and selection of materials for long duration scientific ballooning applications

34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Thomas, V ^b   Simpson, Joel M ^a   Raque, Steven M ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; BALLOONS; COMPOSITE FILMS; LAMINATING; NASA; POLYAMIDES; RAYON; REINFORCEMENT; WEAVING;

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; LAMINATED POLYETHYLENE; LONG DURATION BALLOONS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SCIENTIFIC BALLOONS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL CRITERION;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 28844463458     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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