Spinoff story

Instant Innovation for Plastic Products

A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.

About this technology

Overview

A Kennedy Space Center technologist figured out how to infuse plastics with aerogel to make them better insulators. It also made them more fire-resistant, water-repellant, sound-damping, lightweight, and resistant to cryogenic temperatures. Now Okhata of Cheyenne, Wyoming, markets these “aeropolymers” to various industries.