Integrated thermal protection systems and heat resistant structures
- Paper number
IAC-06-D2.5.09
- Author
Mr. Thierry Pichon, Snecma Propulsion Solide, France
- Coauthor
Mr. Marc Lacoste, Snecma Propulsion Solide, France
- Coauthor
Dr. David E. Glass, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Langley Research Center, United States
- Year
2006
- Abstract
In the early stages of NASA’s Exploration Initiative, Snecma Propulsion Solide was funded under the Exploration Systems Research \& Technology program to develop a CMC heatshield, a deployable decelerator, and an ablative heat shield for reentry vehicles. Due to changes within NASA’s Exploration Initiative, this task was cancelled in early FY06. This paper will give an overview of the work that was accomplished prior to cancellation. The Snecma Propulsion Solide team consisted of MT Aerospace, Germany, and Materials Research \& Design (MR\&D), NASA Langley, NASA Dryden, and NASA Ames in the United States. An Apollo-type capsule was chosen as the reference vehicle for the work. NASA Langley generated the trajectory and aero-thermal loads. Snecma Propulsion Solide and MT Aerospace began the design of a ceramic aft heatshield (CAS) utilizing C/SiC panels as the capsule heatshield. MR\&D led the design of a C/SiC deployable decelerator, NASA Ames led the characterization of several ablators, NASA Dryden led the development of a health management system and the high temperature structures testing, and NASA Langley led the insulation characterization. Though the task was pre-maturely cancelled, a significant quantity of work was accomplished.
- Abstract document
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