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“The wetter, the better,” may not always be the best motto for fighting fires—at least not anymore. By applying principles from a new kind of rocket engine to fire hose nozzles, one company improved the performance of its ultra-high-pressure fire suppression systems to extinguish many fires in significantly less time and using less water than traditional systems.
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Efforts that started with a dragster named “Bad Amplitude” drove one company to create over 100 new jobs at its new manufacturing facility. After working with NASA, the company developed a retrofit system for converting gas-powered vehicles to gas-electric hybrids; its sister company now produces a successful line of electric motors for vehicles.
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Proven to be the most efficient rocket engine of its time, the Space Shuttle main engine (SSME) boasted a 100-percent flight success rate. After working with NASA to design the SSME, the same company used its experience to make clean energy gasification technology that, when compared to conventional technology, significantly reduces carbon dioxide emissions.
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Astronauts and soldiers may have more in common than you might suspect—at least when it comes to adequate critical care. Drawing on the expertise of space medicine experts, one company has made advances in medical ventilator technology now incorporated into emergency medical solutions for soldiers and civilians around the world.
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Heinz Erzberger never thought the sky was falling, but he knew it could benefit from enhanced traffic control. After developing a suite of tools at NASA for air traffic control, one of the tools was used in a product that can save tens of thousands of flight minutes, millions in fuel costs, and thousands of tons of carbon emissions for commercial airlines.
