NASA new Dream Chaser's HEAT SHIELD is Somehow Better than Starship TPS...

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NASA new Dream Chaser's HEAT SHIELD is Somehow Better than Starship TPS...
In the new era where space launches have increasingly ballooned, the fast-turnaround spacecraft has indeed become a new trend.
And a Louisville-based company, namely Sierra Space also doesn't want to miss out on that trend.
Specifically, they are already working on a new type of heat shield that enables it to meet the vehicle's rapid reusability.
And more interestingly, it bears a resemblance to SpaceX's under-development heat shield.
Find out everything in today's episode.
NASA new Dream Chaser's HEAT SHIELD is Somehow Better than Starship TPS...
After a long and difficult time, Tenacity, Sierra Space's first Dream Chaser spacecraft, is finally set to launch for the first time, in early 2025.
Tenacity arrived at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on May 20. Eventually, the vessel will fly atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle. For its first mission, it will carry about 3,850 kilograms to the International Space Station. NASA has contracted with Sierra Space for seven cargo missions to the space station.
In the meantime, Sierra Space is moving forward with its second cargo spaceplane, Reverence. Based on the limited amount of information, we know that Reverence has been in production along with its Shooting Star cargo module at the Dream Factory in Colorado.
The manufacture of this vehicle presumably started a few years ago as its first image was revealed in 2022 with the tweet:
""And then there were two...""
NASA new Dream Chaser's HEAT SHIELD is Somehow Better than Starship TPS...
By then, Reverence's structure was seemingly completed at the basic level and two years later, it added some new components but not much.
""Dream Chaser, Reverence, is currently in production along with its Shooting Star cargo module at our Dream Factory in Colorado. This is the second spaceplane in our Dream Chaser fleet which will help carry cargo to the space station""
The company itself didn't also deny many challenges in developing Reverence, from finding ways to increase payload capacity to revolutionizing launch processes. It is unclear whether the development of its first version, Tenacity, encountered similar obstacles because it took Tenacity over a decade to get to where it is today, compared to just six years for SpaceX's Dragon.

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