Company - Mainstream Engineering Corporation
Product/Service - Spacecraft TPS AM (STAM)
- Classification
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Category
- ISS Utilization Service
- Fields
- Thermal protection
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- Not announced
Mainstream Engineering Corporation will team up with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University researchers to use AM for in-situ fabrication of spacecraft thermal protection systems (TPS).
- The Spacecraft TPS AM (STAM) will consist of a large robotic arm coupled with a direct ink write printhead and integrated UV lamp.
- It will autonomously fabricate a full-scale conformal TPS in-situ, cured by two sequential reactions activated directly after deposition without a post-process thermal cure.
- This means, spacecraft experiencing high heating associated with hypersonic flight would benefit from the improvements in heat shield performance and lower costs, which are critical to future missions to the Moon and Mars.
Status Comment / Notes
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