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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
Usa As Represented BY the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (US);
Wenhong Fan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Robin A. Beck, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeremy J. Thornton, Gardena, CA (US);
Susan M. White, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James O. Arnold, Saratoga, CA (US);
United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Methods for producing a flexible, fibrous ablator thermal protection material, for use in association with a space vehicle that passes through an atmosphere in which severe heating is experienced. A phenolic resin and/or a silicone resin can be used. The elastic modulus of the resulting material is low, in a preferred range of about 200-5000 kPa, and can be controlled by choice of a curing temperature and/or a time interval length for curing.