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Environmental testing of REI-Mullite thermal protection system for the space shuttle orbiterTests conducted to evaluate performances in the natural environments of salt spray, humidity, rain, vacuum, and cryogenic temperatures have shown the ceramic mullite fiber is completely compatible and that these environments have no adverse effects on subsequent mission performance. Rain erosion testing has indicated a damage threshold that must be accounted for in the final design. Tests conducted to evaluate the performance of ceramic mullite fiber to induced acoustic, re-entry, and structural load environments again have shown complete capability to fulfill mission environments. Although minor cracking of the sidewall coating was seen to occur throughout the induced environment test program, sidewall designs configured to provide increased flexibility have been successfully tested.
Document ID
19730024750
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Gluck, R.
(General Electric Co. Philadelphia, PA, United States)
Romano, R.
(General Electric Co. Philadelphia, PA, United States)
Thibault, H.
(General Electric Co. Philadelphia, PA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1973
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Ames Res. Center Symp. on Reusable Surface Insulation for Space Shuttle, Vol. 2
Subject Category
Thermodynamics And Combustion
Accession Number
73N33483
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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