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(Video) Self-Healing Material May Save Future Spacecraft From Disaster

‘Terminator’-style material heals itself

How to stop a speeding bullet … well, maybe we can’t do that with resins and polymers, but we can sure stop a speeding bullet (or high velocity particle in space) from destroying the entire mission.

This short video shows how the product works, and the article on page 1 tell why it works … but think of the possibilities of what it can work on!

How about an unmanned spacecraft headed to the outer reaches of the solar system, or the international space station, or even a manned mission to Mars?

How about the fuel tanks on a jet liner, or if expanded on a bit, the hull of an oil tanker.

It just takes a couple minutes to watch, but the information in this video could change how we do a lot of things …

 Published on Aug 26, 2015

For astronauts living in space with objects zooming around them at 22,000 miles per hour like rogue super-bullets, it’s good to have a backup plan. Shields and maneuvering protect spacecraft well, but to add another layer of potentially life-saving protection, scientists have developed a material designed to heal itself in less than a second in case it gets punctured.

 

Video Source: acs.org & YouTube

Cover Photo Credit: acs.org

Original Article Source: acs.org

To read the full article on page 1, please visit acs.org