The Thermal Protection Materials and Systems Branch at NASA Ames is committed to enabling cost effective TPS risk mitigation for NASA missions involving high-speed atmospheric flight, through its engagement in the following activities:

          - TPS materials selection, development, validation and qualification;
          - development of materials databases and thermal response modeling;
          - development and validation of high fidelity physics- and chemistry-based
              thermal models for understanding materials response in aerothermal
              environments;
          - development and validation of heat shield design and repair;
          - heat shield flight qualification.