Study of critical defects in ablative heat shield systems for the space shuttle / R.L. Thompson, W.D. Rummel, and W.E. Driver.

Results are presented from an investigation to determine the effects of fabrication-induced defects on the performance of an ablative heat shield material in a simulated space shuttle reentry environment. Nondestructive methods for detecting the defects were investigated. The material considered is...

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Main Author:	Thompson, R. L.
Corporate Authors:	Martin Marietta Denver Aerospace, Langley Research Center, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Other Authors:	Rummel, Ward D., Driver, W. E.
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Springfield, Va. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; For sale by the National Technical Information Service [distributor], 1972.
Series:	NASA contractor report ; NASA CR-2010.
Subjects:	Ablative materials. Shielding (Heat) Space shuttles. Space vehicles > Atmospheric entry. Ablation (Aerothermodynamics) Nondestructive testing. Eblative materials. Heat shielding. Spacecraft reentry. Defects. Fabrication. Nondestructive tests.

Study of critical defects in ablative heat shield systems for the space shuttle / by Miller, C. C.

Published 1974

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Study of critical defects in ablative heat shield systems for the space shuttle / R.L. Thompson, W.D. Rummel, and W.E. Driver.

Study of critical defects in ablative heat shield systems for the space shuttle / by Miller, C. C.

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