Boeing tapped to advance Orion TPS development
NASA's Constellation Program has awarded Boeing $14 million to design a heat shield for the Orion crew launch vehicle using phenolic impregnated carbon ablator (PICA) material, and to build a full-scale manufacturing demonstration unit. The company, which has already been working on PICA thermal...
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