NASA seeking alternate schemes after Orion TPS effort hits snag

NASA is quickly mounting an alternate effort to develop thermal protection system (TPS) materials to protect the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) during a return from lunar orbit, after having disappointing results from the primary development program. Only a single Boeing-led team was chosen to...

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