An advance in transfer line chilldown heat transfer of cryogenic propellants in microgravity using microfilm coating for enabling deep space exploration

Abstract The extension of human space exploration from a low earth orbit to a high earth orbit, then to Moon, Mars, and possibly asteroids is NASA’s biggest challenge for the new millennium. Integral to this mission is the effective, sufficient, and reliable supply of cryogenic propellant fluids. Th...

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Main Authors: J. N. Chung, Jun Dong, Hao Wang, S. R. Darr, J. W. Hartwig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:npj Microgravity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-021-00149-5