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Spinoff story
Meter Designs Reduce Operation Costs for Industry
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
Marshall Space Flight Center collaborated with Quality Monitoring and Control (QMC) of Humble, Texas, through a Space Act Agreement to design a balanced flow meter for the Space Shuttle Program. QMC founded APlus-QMC LLC to commercialize the technology, which has contributed to 100 new jobs, approximately $250,000 in yearly sales, and saved customers an estimated $10 million.