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the nonmetallic materials branch

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supports directs and conducts

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nonmetallic material research and

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development efforts including laboratory

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field and flight experiments these

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unique facilities focus on technologies

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associated with cryogenic insulation a

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bladers thermal vacuum testing thermal

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protection system processing

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capabilities in space resource

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utilization solid rocket nozzles and

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subscale settled rocket motor processing

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here at Marshall we have been leaders in

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propulsion for a very long time and

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we've been developing the capabilities

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here in our testbed program that we can

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then turn around and use for future

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programs to be able to draw on that very

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rich history the plasma torch testbed is

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an internationally unique ablation

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testbed which offers reliable

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statistically proven data at a fraction

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of the cost of subscale motors or other

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test beds the plasma torch testbed

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successfully simulates solid rocket

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flume environments via high temperature

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plasma jets that provide thermal and

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erosive testing of flight materials and

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screening of new materials in terms of

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our particular collection of equipment

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at most there might be two in the United

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States and we believe that we the only

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ones that actually use the plasma torch

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for the applications the thermal

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protection system development facility

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was designed to develop environmentally

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compliant TPS materials and processes

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for current and future space programs

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the TPS development facility is used to

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characterize materials and provide data

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on equipment and processing parameters

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to support large-scale TPS applications

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the facility provides the ability to

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apply both primers and spray-on foam

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insulation materials to large-scale test

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articles in various orientations current

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and future environmental health and

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safety issues as well as product

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performance issues allow Marshall to

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continue to develop core skills in this

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area the capability we've developed for

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the Space Launch System vehicle allows

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us to take the exact expertise materials

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and processes and facility and provide

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that capability to

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the aerospace industry for other space

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vehicles and flight hardware the solid

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rocket motor manufacturing area

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maintains and operates a unique plasma

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torch testbed that mimics erosive flow

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found in solid rocket motor plumes and

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is used to determine a materials ability

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to protect against those plume

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environments the subscales solid rocket

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motors that are manufactured in this

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area are used to validate material and

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process changes before being implemented

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on full-scale hardware we are able to

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accommodate different objectives