Orion Gets Beefed Up, Silver-Metallic Thermal Protection Coating for Next Flight on EM-1

universetoday.com ^ | on November 30, 2015 | Ken Kremer

[BenLurkin]

In the wake of NASA's supremely successful inaugural test flight of the Orion deep space capsule on the EFT-1 mission in Dec. 2014, NASA is beefing up the critical thermal protection system (TPS) that will protect astronauts from the searing heats experienced during reentry as the human rated vehicle plunges through the Earth’s atmosphere after returning from ambitious expeditions to the Moon and beyond.

Based in part on lessons learned from EFT-1, engineers are refining Orion's heat shield to enhance the design, ease manufacturing procedures and significantly strengthen is heat resistant capabilities for the far more challenging space environments and missions that lie ahead later this decade and planned further out in the future as part of NASA's agency-wide 'Journey to Mars' initiative to send humans to the Red Planet in the 2030s.

[Yo-Yo]

Kennedy: First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.

Obama: First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, whenever we get around to it, of landing a man on Mars and returning him safely to the Earth.

[dhs12345]

The 60s had the Cold War and that was a huge motivator for the United States. Many of the techie things that we enjoy today such as most of the electronics in our gadgets, the Internet, etc. were born out of a fear of and competition with the Soviet Union.

We no longer take international threats seriously and even if we were still in a Cold War with the Soviet Union, I doubt that Obama would take it seriously.

[House Atreides]

Kennedy: First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.

Obama: First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, whenever we get around to it, of landing a man on Mars and returning him safely to the Earth.
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LOL This reminds me of a speech that Bill Clinton made, when he was in office, in which he said he was setting a goal of conquering cancer within 10 years. Of course he did absolutely nothing to promote the “goal”. I think he just wanted to have something on record that could be called up should cancer (or major types of cancer) be “conquered”. Bill Clinton, just like Barack Hussein, likes to take personal credit for anything POSITIVE while delegating blame for anything NEGATIVE that occurs.

[docman57]

Mylar.....fucking silver colored mylar.....where do these asshat space reporters come from.....and they act like NASA has re- invented the wheel or something....nothing new here...just took off the shelf, reconfigured, and now maybe we have something.....fucking press on and get the job done!