From: pgf@srl03.cacs.usl.edu (Phil G. Fraering)
Subject: Re: Space Research Spin Off
Organization: Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana
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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!
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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


