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Completed TRL 3 (started at 2, targeting 4)
Develop lightweight high performance sandwich composite structure for launch vehicle payload fairing requiring no thermal protection system (TPS),
Elimination of TPS leads to structure weight savings and Improvement in component quality by having less processing steps
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