| shafer@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) writes: |
| >On 4 Apr 1993 20:31:10 -0400, prb@access.digex.com (Pat) said: |
| >Pat> In article <1993Apr2.213917.1@aurora.alaska.edu> |
| >Pat> nsmca@aurora.alaska.edu writes: |
| >>Question is can someone give me 10 examples of direct NASA/Space related |
| >>research that helped humanity in general? It will be interesting to see.. |
| >Pat> TANG :-) Mylar I think. I think they also pushed Hi Tech |
| >Pat> Composites for airframes. Look at Fly by Wire. |
| >Swept wings--if you fly in airliners you've reaped the benefits. |
| Didn't one of the early jet fighters have these? |
| I also think the germans did some work on these in WWII. |
| >Winglets. Area ruling. Digital fly by wire. Ride smoothing. |
| A lot of this was also done by the military... |
| >Microwave landing systems. Supercritical wings. General aviation |
| >air foils. |
| Weren't the first microwave landing systems from WWII too? |
| >Mary Shafer DoD #0362 KotFR NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA |
| >shafer@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov Of course I don't speak for NASA |
| > "A MiG at your six is better than no MiG at all." Unknown US fighter pilot |
| Egad! I'm disagreeing with Mary Shafer! |
| Phil Fraering |"Seems like every day we find out all sorts of stuff. |
| pgf@srl02.cacs.usl.edu|Like how the ancient Mayans had televison." Repo Man |
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