Films On Demand - The Applications of Space Technology

User Login

Forgot your password? Click Here.

Playlist

What are playlists? Click Here.

This program covers both scientific and and utility satellites. Geostationary utility satellites include communication, meteorological, and broadcasting satellites; the science satellites cover an almost limitless range, from Explorer 1’s discovery of the Van Allen Belt in 1958, to the discovery of solar wind and the gradual solution to the mystery of the polar auroras; Landsat, the Earth observation satellites, provide information for land utilization, water resource management, resource exploration, oceanic survey, and environmental monitoring. The program also covers such spin-off technologies as space suit material, high-temperature fire-fighting materials, nonflammable paper and fabrics, new insulating materials, vacuum refrigeration, and the energy-saving "Tech House." (28 minutes)

Tell a Friend!

Your Name:
Your Email:
Your Friend's Email:
Your Message:
We respect your privacy and will not use your friend's address without permission.

Item#: This title is currently not available.
Copyright date: ©1989

Part of the Series : Video Encyclopedia of Space

For additional digital leasing and purchase options
contact a media consultant at 800-257-5126 ext 3502 or sales@films.com.

Only available in the US and Canada.

Related Titles

The Earth in Perspective

Among the most striking advantages of man's vaulting into space has been the perspective we have been given on our own planet. This program covers the esthetic and spiritual responses of the highly-trained engineers and astrophysicists who observed E...(more details)

Origins of the Universe

This program briefly introduces the geocentric view of the universe and the contributions of Kepler and Galileo before explaining the Big Bang. Probing the birth of the universe requires extremely sophisticated astronomical viewing and measuring devi...(more details)

Living in Space

The next step in space exploration will be the construction of an off-Earth habitat. The design of the Space Shuttle was the first step; now the design of life itself has to be considered: the division of time, the nature of food, and the effect of z...(more details)

The History of Space Technology

Since the time of Icarus, man has tried to fly. This program covers the history of flight, from the invention of the propeller through the Wright Brothers' first flight and Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic solo; profiles Robert Goddard and traces the devel...(more details)

Living and Working in Space

This program is devoted to the analysis and development of the possibilities for living in and utilizing space. Beginning with the Skylab project that launched an unmanned orbital workshop, the program covers a host of experiments conducted in the U....(more details)

See additional titles in Astronomy