NASA spacecraft heat shielding could find home in houses, cars, boats

A paper-thin coating of a material NASA uses to prevent space vehicles from burning up during re-entry may soon be available to protect houses, cars and boats from fire, the space agency announced April 24. Protective Ceramic Coating (PCC), invented at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field...

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