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Title: SPACE MATERIALS


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SPACE MATERIALS
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Ferrofluids
Designed by NASA to manipulate fluids in SPACE
One of the most successful spin-off technologies
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Shape Memory Alloys / Muscle Wires
The Pathfinder rover used SMAs to test how
Martian Dust effected the efficiency of its solar
panels
SMAs have already been used in several space
missions
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The Clementine lunar observatory used Shape
Memory Alloys to unfurl its solar panels
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