Ultra Low Air and H2 Permeability Cryogenic Bladder Materials for Inflatable Habitats

NanoSonic's Thoraeus Rubber™ materials will be primarily developed as the bladder assembly for inflatable, life-critical, NASA space habitats. The advanced lightweight bladder material offers superb cold temperature flexibility and durability to maintain low air permeability during handling and deployment in space. The puncture resistant material will be transitioned as the multi-layer, self-healing bladder system to ensure limited repair and maintenance. The multifunctional TR™ materials formed via NanoSonic's ESA process offer EMI and radiation shielding for enhanced long-term high altitude and space durability. Additional NASA platforms include Lunar systems, exploration vehicles, and satellites in LEO, GEO, and HEO.

Non-NASA applications for the low Tg TR™ inflatables include ultra-lightweight deployable polar habitats, high altitude airships (HAA), and rapidly deployable and reusable shelters. Additionally, the self-healing component within the multi-layer bladder will be transitioned as long-term H2 hoses, protective storage liners for food or other sensitive materials, self-sealing tires, anti-ballistic fuel tanks and life critical personnel protective equipment (PPE). The H2 hoses shall serve as a new standard for high-pressure hoses with the additional benefits of fire resistance and self-healing. These fuel, corrosion, ozone and UV-resistant, non-offgassing, non-metallic, yet grounding hoses shall also serve as a new class of materials for wiring and conduit for construction, aerospace, and space systems in need of all temperature, mechanically durable solutions to long-term survivable platform needs. It has the potential to revolutionize H2 as a green alternative energy source to gasoline and diesel fuels. More »