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Episode 59: Trevor Smith, Atomic 6
In this installment of CW Talks, CompositesWorld speaks with Trevor Smith, CEO of Atomic-6 (Marietta, Ga., U.S.), about the company's process-driven approach to composites manufacturing and the space products it has built including its Light Wing deployable solar array, Hot Wing deployable radiator and Space Armor, a modular composite tile designed to protect satellites and spacecraft from micrometeoroids and orbital debris. Smith explains how Space Armor compares with traditional Whipple shields, what happens during a hypervelocity impact, how the tiles were flight-qualified and how the…
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