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Temperature-Resistant Materials Enable Space-Like Cold on Earth
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
Since the 1980s, Dunmore Corporation of Bristol, Pennsylvania, has worked with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and other NASA centers to develop temperature-resistant products, helping the company establish a massive catalog. Many of its multilayer insulations were developed for NASA and are now used in building insulation, cryogenic material transport, MRI machines, and particle accelerators. Heat-resistant labels and electrostatic shields for circuit boards, as well as temperature-resistant tapes for electronics, have stemmed from products designed for spacecraft.