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NASA Government Invention of the Year...LCA!!!!
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Ladies and gentlemen! Electronic and mechanical engineers! This is the moment you have all been waiting for. Drum roll please … “And the winner for NASA Government Invention of the Year Goes to …Yes! Lightweight Ceramic Ablator!” Listen to that applause, ladies and gentleman. Lightweight Ceramic Ablator, this year’s prestigious NASA prize winner, is dressed as a low-density material weighing just one-fifth as much as a conventional heat shield.
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