ASA: Advanced Structural Assembly

MASVI project aims to produce and develop a prototype of a ceramic panel resistant to high temperatures and realized by the combination of different processes.
The objective of this project is to complete the material definition and related manufacturing process, to complete its characterisation and to perform a pre-qualification of a European ablative heatshield material for the Earth re-entry capsule of sample return missions (e.g. Mars, comets, asteroids).
This project aims is to develop new materials (polyolefin nano-composites) with improved properties with respect to the engineering polymer ABS.