Potential NASA Commercial Applications: Our active VIS system and the general VIS technology being designed for the Mobile Launch Platform will be useful to a variety of non-NASA applications, either directly or through scaling of components. Our system will likely utilize many components similar to those being developed for military vehicles and will benefit from ongoing commercialization efforts in that area to reduce costs and increase life. In addition to the MLP application, our active VIS technology will be applicable for vibration isolation for any sensitive payloads in harsh vibrational environments. Some immediately apparent non-NASA applications include military applications that parallel the NASA applications described above, sensitive equipment in earthquake prone areas, sensitive equipment during transport, vibration isolation of sensitive manufacturing processes and highly sensitive instrumentation or scientific equipment in normal environments. Early applications will favor high value or specialized payloads, but as markets grow and reduced costs become possible, the range of applicable payloads will grow.
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