Green process to make carbon fiber used in rocket nozzles gets patent

A new, green process developed to make carbon fiber that forms ablative rocket nozzles and heat shields could be of interest to NASA, which has a dwindling stockpile of cellulose rayon fiber that dates back to the late 1990s.

from Engineering and Construction News – ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161103115437.htm

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