1993 KSC Research and Technology Report
Materials Science
The Materials Science Technology program at the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) supports advanced technologies directed toward improving launch site safety, operability, and maintainability. The program includes application materials engineering, materials testing, chemistry, and other science disciplines. The near-term program focuses on Shuttle ground processing improvement by providing materials and coatings that afford better corrosion control, materials with better hazardous systems compatibility, and improved testing methods and instrumentation. The long-term program will investigate materials technology that can be used to develop new launch and processing facilities for future vehicles and payloads, will reduce the cost of maintenance, will provide higher safety and reliability, and will provide more environmentally compatible systems.
Environmentally Compliant Coating Systems for the Shuttle Launch Sites
KSC's Material Safety Data Sheets
Environmental Cracking of Engineering Materials
Flexible Insulation System Using Ultralow-Density Aerogels
Accelerated Testing of Inorganic, Zinc-Rich Primers
Piping Stress Analysis Software
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