The first firm to get an Apollo 11 contract is helping build NASA's Artemis software
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An immense amount of work goes into programming the manual astronaut override for NASA's upcoming crewed Artemis missions.
As Pete Paceley, principal director of Civil and Commercial Space Systems at Draper, points out on a call with IE, "we don't want them to ever have to use manual control — but it's necessary from a safety standpoint."
Researchers at NTU Singapore have now licensed their novel fireproof wood coating, which enhances both safety and aesthetics in mass timber construction.