| Abstract: | Ever more challenging missions for the scientific investigation of space as well as the increasing use of satellite‐based services in the fields of telecommunication, navigation and earth observation require the development of more efficient, more economical and more resistant space technologies and systems in the future. A study of the VDI Technology Center on behalf of the German Aerospace Center points out, that nanotechnology, in particular in the range of surface technologies, could supply significant contributions and technological breakthroughs for the development of future space travel systems. Applications of friction and wear reducing layers, thermal protection layers, magnetoelectronics, x‐ray astronomy and thin film technologies for space structures are presented. |
