Keeping spacecraft cool brings honors to Ames team

The NASA Ames Research Center team that invented PICA and SIRCA thermal protection system coatings for Stardust, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and, probably, the Orion spacecraft have been honored with the 2007 NASA Government Invention of the Year award. The award recognizes lightweight ceramic...

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