Fireproof Insulation for Resistive Environments in Materials for Aerospace and Navigation (FIREMAN)

To create light-weight, thermally insulative, and mechanically robust materials that are fire resistant at high oxygen environments for enhanced crew and flight system safety in Mars habitats

Higher Martian gravity and more stringent planetary protection requirements poses unique challenges; Habitats in these conditions will demand different insulation protection than the current state of the art (SOA) materials available to the Artemis lunar crew. If successful, this project would help enable habitation off world with a new class of thermally insulating materials that can self-extinguish in the new Exploration Atmosphere. Benefits of which could prevent mission failure and increase safety to the crew.

This is a mature technology (TRL 7+) — the realistic path in is usually NASA's Technology Transfer Program: licensing an existing NASA patent, or a Space Act Agreement to use NASA facilities/expertise directly. NASA also runs a startup licensing program with no upfront fee for companies formed to commercialize a specific NASA technology.

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