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Completed TRL 2 (started at 1, targeting 2)
The team will a) survey hydrogen rich hydrides and computational analysis of GCR shielding. This will allow determination of the best hydride material for study and project GCR shielding; b) incorporation of selected hydride into hollow truss structures which will result in successful incorporation of hydride materials into the structure; c) determine the effectiveness of hydride reinforced materials for MMOD shielding vs. bare hollow trusses that will result in reinforced materials that provide significantly improved shielding.
Develop a hollow multifunctional stereolithographic printed/plated materials with high hydrogen content hydrides for lightweight structural reinforcement against MMOD and radiation shielding against galactic cosmic rays.
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