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Go to topicProtecting life and infrastructure on Earth and in orbit
Go to topicUsing space to benefit citizens and meet future challenges on Earth
Go to topicMaking space accessible and developing the technologies for the future
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This 1965 film focusses on NASA's programme for the rapid dissemination of information of technological development. Selected examples are given as follows:
TYRE HYDROPLANING: images of planes landing and skidding on wet runways, hydroplaning test track at Langley in England, speedboat skims across water, various hydroplaning footage;
INORGANIC PAINT: development of various silica-based inorganic paints, demonstration of various properties;
ELECTROMAGNETIC HAMMER: formation of ridges in aluminium cannisters using electromagnet, use of electromagnetic hammer to smooth out welding flaws in launcher components; use in the shipbuilding industry;
BIOTELEMETRY: use of the wireless electrocardiogram monitor;
SIGHT SWITCH: using the differential reflectivity of the white and the iris of the eye, the use of infrared source/sensor switch mechanisms by paralysed people;
LUNAR WALKER: unmanned prototype lunar walker, adaption into 'walking chair'.
See also the film 'By-Products Of Space Research' [Production No. 000554