Space Age Firefighters.

• Autores: Mark Kaufman
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 316, Nº. 6, 2017, págs. 14-15
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the fire shelter developed by the scientists at U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center. It states that scientists used inflatable heat-shield technology that can withstand scorching temperatures that spacecraft endures when passing through the atmosphere. It mentions that the U.S. Forest Service conducted tests on the fire shelters.