MCDONNELL DOUGLAS

MCDONNELL DOUGLAS engineers developed a new process to prevent liquids or gasses from leaking into space from tubing joints by using a thin coating of malleable metal such as silver, gold or tin to act as a seal. NASA has patented the process, which was developed for the international space station...

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