Lunar surface stabilization via sintering or the use of heat cured polymers

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hintze, Paul E ^a   Curran, Jerry ^a   Back, Teddy ^a  

^a KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION RESISTANCE; HEAT SOURCES; LAUNCH PADS; LUNAR SURFACE; NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER; PHYSICAL TESTING; POTENTIAL METHODS; SANDY SOILS; SOLVENT FREE; UV CURED POLYMER;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CURING; LOAD TESTING; MOON; NASA; POLYMERS; SPACE PLATFORMS; STABILIZATION; SURFACES;

SINTERING;

EID: 78549264853     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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