heat-shields-key-unlocking-future-space-economy 
Foley
JULY 11, 2023
We have long since passed the point at which a basic automobile surpassed the computing power of a NASA space shuttle. It is (perhaps) only a slight exaggeration to suggest we may see a day in the not-too-distant future when our coffee makers do so as well. Miller | vmiller@foley.com Nicholas J.
21st Century Tech
APRIL 11, 2025
When the Orion capsule experienced reentry during the Artemis I test flight in 2022, its thermal protection system (TPS), the heat shield, did not perform as expected, losing large chunks of material in a process called spallation. The heat shield is being redesigned. TPS came up again during the Apollo 13 crisis in 1970.
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