Space Shuttle thermal protection system | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2018-12-26

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_thermal_protection_system


00:00:20 1 Materials
00:03:34 2 Why TPS is needed
00:04:03 2.1 Reentry heating
00:06:11 3 Detailed description
00:07:56 3.1 Tile types
00:08:04 3.1.1 High-temperature reusable surface insulation (HRSI)
00:10:52 3.1.2 Fibrous Refractory Composite Insulation Tiles (FRCI)
00:11:14 3.1.3 Toughened unipiece fibrous insulation (TUFI)
00:11:57 3.1.4 Low-temperature reusable surface insulation (LRSI)
00:13:38 3.2 Non-tile TPS
00:13:48 3.2.1 Flexible Insulation Blankets/Advanced Flexible Reusable Insulation (FIB/AFRSI)
00:14:33 3.2.2 Reinforced Carbon-Carbon (RCC)
00:16:26 3.2.3 Nomex Felt Reusable Surface Insulation (FRSI)
00:16:55 3.2.4 Gap fillers
00:18:07 3.3 Weight considerations
00:19:18 4 Early TPS problems
00:19:28 4.1 Slow tile application
00:21:13 4.2 Concern over "zipper effect"
00:21:45 4.3 Concern over debris strikes
00:22:19 4.4 Early tile repair plans
00:23:36 5 iColumbia/i accident and aftermath
00:26:00 6 Tile Donations
00:26:30 7 See also



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The Space Shuttle thermal protection system (TPS) is the barrier that protected the Space Shuttle Orbiter during the searing 1,650 °C (3,000 °F) heat of atmospheric reentry. A secondary goal was to protect from the heat and cold of space while in orbit.