Space Materials Development
Abstract
This project develops the materials and processing technology base for spacecraft and launch systems to improve affordability, maintainability, and performance of current and future Air Force space systems. Families of affordable lightweight materials are being developed, including metals, polymers, ceramics, metallic composites, and nonmetallic composites to provide new capabilities for spacecraft, ballistic missile, and propulsion systems to meet the future space requirements. Rocket propulsion materials development in this project supports the Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology program. Advanced high-temperature protection materials are being developed that are affordable, lightweight, dimensionally stable, thermally conductive, and/or ablation and erosion resistant to meet space and ballistic missile requirements. Materials technologies are also being developed to enable surveillance and terrestrial situational awareness systems and subsystems for space and ballistic missile applications.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 6201SP_0602102F_2_3600_PB_2011
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