Tech Briefs: Who's Who At Nasa
Dr. Neil Cheatwood: Who's Who at NASA
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:30:25
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Synopsis
Neil Cheatwood is principal investigator of the Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE-3). In July, the IRVE-3 team tested an inflatable heat shield that protects spacecraft from extreme temperatures and hypersonic speeds when entering a planet's atmosphere or returning to Earth.