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Completed TRL 6 (started at 2, targeting 6)
CA-TPS is enabling small businesses and universities with low cost access to space by using off-the-shelf broad goods and transferring the processing technology for a light weight TPS. Use of CA-TPS materials will allow future missions to Mars, Venus and Outer Planets to save both mass and cost.
NASA funded: CA-TPS provides a lower cost, mass efficient solution that is easier to integrate due to the compliant and conformal nature of the material. CA-TPS can be used as a heat shield TPS for missions that will encounter peak heat flux ~500 W/cm2, peak pressures around 0.4 atm, and shear up to 500 Pa. Conformal ablator makes integration much easier for the back shell where geometric complexities such as penetrations and protrusions often requires expensive integration procedures.
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This is early/mid-stage (TRL 6) — the most realistic path in is NASA SBIR/STTR, which funds small businesses and research institutions to develop technology aligned with NASA's needs (equity-free, phased funding). Check whether a current SBIR/STTR solicitation topic overlaps with this project's technology area, or contact the project directly (above) to ask.
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