Space Applications United States

Epoxide resins reinforced with carbon and Aramid fibres have been used in small boats, where it is claimed that products of equal stiffness and more useable space may be produced with a 40% saving in weight over traditional polyester/ glass fibre composites. Aramid fibre-reinforced epoxide resins have been developed in the United States to replace steel helmets for military purposes. Printed circuit board bases also provide a substantial outlet for epoxide resins. One recent survey indicates that over one-quarter of epoxide resin production in Western Europe is used for this application. The laminates also find some use in chermical engineering plant and in tooling. 

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The first experiments with the thermal electric engine were conducted in Russia in 1929 by its inventor, Valentin P. Glushko, who later became a world-famous authority in rocket propulsion. For more than forty years, the United States and Russia have devoted many resources to research and development of various kinds of EREs. First tested in space by the Russians in 1964, these engines have found some limited applications in modern space technology. For more than two decades Russian weather and communication satellites have regularly used electric rocket engines for orbital stabilization. The first spacecraft to employ ERE for main propulsion was the American asteroid exploration probe Deep Space 1, launched in 1998. The performance of... 

The fuel eell is a nineteenth eentuiy invention in the twentieth eentury it heeame the heart of an eleetroehemical power plant and power souree, whieh is now in a stage of advaneed technology development. Its first and only applieation since the early 1960s, has been as an auxiliary power souree for spaee flights by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). During the past decade, development for terrestrial (eivihan and defense) applieations has led to its commercialization and research on utilization in a variety of applications. Programs in the United States, Japan, Europe, and some other eoimtries are focused on the development of fuel cell power plant/power sources for (1) base-load,... 

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) are sometimes used as power sources for space systems. In April 1964, a United States RTG navigational satellite, SNAP 9A, reentered the atmosphere and burned up at high altitude over the Mozambique Channel, releasing 629 trillion becquerels (TBq), equivalent to 17,000 Ci, of Pu and 0.48 TBq of Pu (Whicker and Schultz 1982a Richmond 1989). In January 1978, a Soviet RTG satellite, Kosmos 954, reentered the atmosphere over Canada and spread radiouranium across parts of that country (Richmond 1989). The amount of radioactive materials in space applications is expected to increase (Richmond 1989). 

Using both space flight and ground-based experiments, researchers throughout the nation, as well as international partners, are working together to benefit economic, socitil and industrial aspects of life for the United States and the entire Earth. Ten U S. universities, designated by NASA as "Commercial Space Centers." share these space advancements with U.S. industry to create new commercial products, applications and processes. 

In the 1950s and 1960s various sized slurry reactors were tested in Germany, England, and the United States but space velocites were all very low and so the performance at gas velocities applicable at likely commerical... 

An important case is the application of enzymes in laundry detergents. Market trends in the United States show that consumers prefer liquids to powder detergents by a ratio of 2 to 1. These products are stored with no temperature control on shelves in the presence of harsh surfactants, such as linear alkylbenzyl sulfonate (LAS) and require extraordinary measures for stabilization. LAS, by its nature as an effective cleaning agent, causes surfactant-induced unfolding in proteins. There are countless examples of the development of stabilization systems in the intellectual property space. A common theme is to reduce the water activity and to use borate/glycol stabilizers that bind to the active site of proteases. 

In the United States it was already much more widely used than in Europe, including important applications in military aircraft and in the space programme. As a result there was a greater emphasis on analysing and overcoming the problem, but the association between molybdenum disulphide and corrosion still exists in many people s minds, in spite of the fact that the problem has been understood and controlled for well over twenty years. 

In the United States, most of the consumption of silane is internal. Silane is consumed in a free-space polycrystalline silicon production facility (3000 t/yr) at Moses Lake, Washington. This facility was built by Union Carbide but as of 1996 was operated by Advanced Silicon Materials Inc., a joint venture controlled by Komatsu. Silane is also consumed in a fluidized-bed polycrystalline silicon production facility (1250 t/yr) in Pasadena, Texas, built by Ethyl Corporation and operated as of 1996 by MEMC, a publicly traded company 51% owned by Htls. The world merchant market for silane is about 250 t/yr. The bulk price for silane is 80— 120/kg much higher pricing is placed on small packages. The primary use of silane is in microelectronics. Minor applications exist in reprography, ie, in photocopiers, and in specialty glass technology. 

The United States maintains a strict interpretation of this statement. Despite some differences of opinion with regard to commercial space applications, all members agree that the technology used in an SLV is virtually identical to that used in a ballistic missile. 

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