Spacecraft thermal management via control of optical properties in the near solar environment

Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-244

  Drewry, David ^a   King, Don ^a   Sample, Jennifer ^a   Clemons, Dale ^a   Caruso, Keith ^a   Potocki, Ken ^a   Eng, Doug ^a   Mehoke, Doug ^a   Mattix, Michael ^a   Thomas, Michael ^a   Nagle, Dennis ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDES; CARBON CARBON SPACECRAFT; PYROLYTIC BORON NITRIDE; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BORON COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; HYDROGEN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATION DAMAGE; SPACECRAFT;

CERAMIC COATINGS;

EID: 33845923063     PISSN: 01966219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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5. th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Cocoa Beach, FL, 2006.
6. http://solarprobe.gsfc.nasa.gov/, Solar Probe STDT Final Report, prepared for NASA Headquarters, September 2005.