Advanced Materials for Space Applications
- Paper number
IAC-05-C2.7.10
- Author
Dr. Ruth H. Pater, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Langley Research Center, United States
- Coauthor
Dr. Paul Curto, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Headquarters, United States
- Year
2005
- Abstract
Since NASA was created in 1958, over 6,400 patents have been issued to the agency, nearly one in a thousand of all patents ever issued in the United States. The large number of these new ideas have been focused on new materials that have made space travel and exploration of the moon, Mars, and the outer planets possible . In the last few years, the materials products of NASA Langley research represent breakthroughs in performance and properties which will enable greater achievements in space. Examples will be presented which offer significant advantages for use in small satellites; i.e., with payloads under a metric ton. These include patented products such as LaRC™SI, LaRC™RP46, LaRC™RP50, TEEK, PETI-5, LaRC CP, TOR™ and LaRC™LCR (patent pending). These and other new advances in nanotechnology engineering, in self-assembled nanostructures and multifunctionality of aerospace materials will be presented and discussed, and applications with significant technical and commercial advantages will be postulated.
- Abstract document
- Manuscript document
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