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Insulation for Orbiter: Lockheed's new Technology

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

ISSN: 0002-2667

Article publication date: 1 October 1976

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Abstract

An insulation material which sheds heat so rapidly that it can be held with bare hands while white hot, has been developed and put into production by Lockheed. It will be used as a heat shield to protect the crew of NASA's Space Shuttle.

Citation

(1976), "Insulation for Orbiter: Lockheed's new Technology", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 48 No. 10, pp. 24-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb035351

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MCB UP Ltd

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