Ceramic fill polymer

Working in conjunction with Oceaneering Space Sciences and the Johnson Space Center Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Industrial Polymers has developed a neutrally buoyant RTV casting urethane for manufacturing space mission mockups. The simulated ceramic tile wall is used in NASA’s underwater training center to simulate the weightless conditions of space. Astronauts are being trained to repair damaged Space Shuttle Tiles in space by applying a ceramic fill polymer over damaged Tile areas. The heat of reentry from space would heat the polymer material and fuse it into a solid heat resistant repair, capable of retuning astronauts to earth safely.