William Bryan

NASA Editor

Pioneer Energy’s system is based on technology designed to help future missions to Mars use resources on the Red Planet to manufacture fuel, oxygen and other crucial substances for the trip home.

Mars Tech Puts Bubbles into Beer

Man finds a way to use space technology to help cut costs for brewers.

In 2012, CEMSol teamed up with Lockheed Martin to see if the company’s Integrated System Health Management software could predict failures of the bleed valve that switches air flow between engines on the C-130 Hercules (pictured here) during start-up. Lockheed Martin invested $70,000 in the test and recouped 10 times that amount in reduced maintenance costs and mission delays.

Machines Will Soon Tell You When They're Sick

In the future, machines will monitor their own health and request help, themselves, when something’s wrong.