Design, fabrication, and tests of a metallic shell tile thermal protection system for space transportation
By: Ian O. MacConochie, H. Neale Kelly.
Contributors: Kelly, H. Neale.; Langley Research Center.
Series: NASA technical memorandum -- 101537.
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Hampton, Va
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 25
Subjects: Tiles.; Aerodynamic heating.; Space vehicles -- Shielding (Heat); Space vehicles -- Atmospheric entry.; Space shuttles.; Heat resistant alloys.; High temperature tests.; Metal shells.; Reentry shielding.; Thermal protection tiles.
Notes: "June 1989."

"Date for general release June 30, 1991."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 11).

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Microfiche. [Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1991]. 1 microfiche : negative.