Sizing and margins assessment of the Mars Science Laboratory aeroshell thermal protection system

41st AIAA Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wright, Michael J ^a   Beck, Robin A S ^a   Edquist, Karl T ^b   Driver, David ^a   Sepka, Steven A ^c   Slimko, Eric M ^d   Willcockson, William H ^e   Decaro, Anthony ^c   Hwang, Helen H ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c ELORET CORPORATION   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSHELL INTERFACE PLATES; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; MATERIAL THICKNESS; NON-TRADITIONAL; STANDARD DESIGN; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL DESIGNS; THERMAL MARGINS; THERMAL PROTECTION; THERMAL PROTECTION MATERIAL; THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM;

DESIGN; FLIGHT PATHS; HEAT SHIELDING; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77958465114     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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