Intelligent seal may be used to boost rocket performance

1995-09-13T00:00:00

AN ELECTRONICALLY controlled "intelligent" mechanical seal could increase the payload capacity of liquid-fuelled space vehicles, claims the Georgia Institute of Technology, which has developed a device with support from NASA's Lewis Research Center.

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