Posts Tagged ‘valves’

How do you stop space explosions? Shape-shifting valves, says ESA (PHOTO)

It comes in the shape-shifting form of a Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) valve. The technique is not a solution to clearing up debris – although the ESA is exploring its options on that front – but a new way to stop pieces of dead satellites and rockets from exploding if (or when) they collide. An […]

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