Solar Heat Shield for Mars Lander
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•Lab tests heat shields for space
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Sandia National Laboratories' National Solar Thermal Test Facility simulates harsh conditions of faster-than-sound flight and atmospheric reentry to ensure the materials' ability to protect the rest of the vehicle.
Sandia 's solar testing facility includes a 200-foot -tall power tower with a field of 212 mirrored heliostats.
Solar testing facility can focus sunlight up to 3,500 times this amount of light, acting like a massive magnifying glass.
In 2022 , Sandia National Laboratories tested a heat exchanger prototype designed to propel a rocket around the sun.
The purpose of these new types of aerospace heat shields is to protect and propel future Voyager -type spacecraft.
By flying closer to the sun, spacecraft could reach speeds three or four times those of Voyager 1 .
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