Top left, mirror fabricated entirely by CVD of silicon carbide foam with a polished silicon carbide facesheet; bottom left, rhenium-coated graphite spheres; right, iridium-lined rhenium thrust chamber with niobium flanges, all fabricated by CVD.

Top left, mirror fabricated entirely by CVD of silicon carbide foam with a polished silicon carbide facesheet; bottom left, rhenium-coated graphite spheres; right, iridium-lined rhenium thrust chamber with niobium flanges, all fabricated by CVD.