CRYOGENIC PROPELLANTS HAVE THE HIGHEST ENERGY DENSITY OF ANY ROCKET FUEL, AND ARE USED IN MOST NASA AND COM…
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Award details
- Award ID
- NNX11CG02P
- Contractor
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Sub-agency / office
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Award amount
- $0
- Period of performance
- Jul 27, 2011 – Sep 29, 2011
- NAICS
- 541712 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- PSC
- PSC AR11
- Place of performance
- CO
Public award description
CRYOGENIC PROPELLANTS HAVE THE HIGHEST ENERGY DENSITY OF ANY ROCKET FUEL, AND ARE USED IN MOST NASA AND COMMERCIAL LAUNCH VEHICLES TO POWER THEIR ASCENT. CRYOGENIC PROPELLANTS MUST BE KEPT COLD TO PRESERVE THEM AND PREVENT LOSS VIA BOIL OFF, THEREFORE CRYOGENIC LAUNCH VEHICLES AND SPACECRAFT MUST HAVE THERMAL INSULATION PRESERVING THE CRYOPROPELLANT. PROVIDING GOOD THERMAL INSULATION IS A BALANCING ACT BETWEEN THE INSULATION DESIRED, THE MASS OF THE INSULATION SYSTEM, AND THE ROBUSTNESS OF THE INSULATION. SOFI, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS HIGH HEAT LEAK AND IS NOT ROBUST. QUEST PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CORP, AND PARTNER BALL AEROSPACE, PROPOSE TO DESIGN, FABRICATE AND TEST INNOVATIVE LAUNCH VEHICLE MLI (LV-MLI), AN INTEGRATED ADVANCED THERMAL INSULATION AND LIGHTWEIGHT AEROSHELL FOR LAUNCH VEHICLE EXPOSED CRYOPROPELLANT TANKS.
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