RIDD

Goal:

RIDD was a NASA Phase I contract awarded in 2005.  The purpose of this contract was to perform materials testing to determine the applicability of a deployable rigidizing composite for use as an orbital habitat wall material.

 

Principal Investigator:

David Fisher

 

Project Status:

Project is complete.  Demonstrated deployable composites with tensile strengths exceeding 70 ksi (~480 Mpa)  and densities less than 1 g/cc.  The material’s mechanical, thermal, and background information can be provided upon request.

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