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Thermal Protection Systems - NASA

thermal protection had to be reusable, and this thermal shield demanded both light weight and low cost. The requirement for a fully reusable system meant that new thermal protection materials would have to be developed, as the technology from the previous Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo flights were only single-mission capable.

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