Discovery channel featured Cancarb on Shuttle tribute programme

ERJ staff report (DS)

Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada -- The Discovery Channel in North America recently aired a special tribute to the Shuttle programme. A one-minute segment about 20 minutes in, features Cancarb which supplies its N990 Medium Thermal Black to the programme.

The episode entitled “The Last Shuttle” featured the final launch of the space shuttle, interviews with various astronauts and NASA personnel, as well as a segment on Cancarb. The hermal black (made from natural gas, rather than heavy oil) protects the interior metal surface of the solid rocket booster structures. As the solid fuel burns, the carbon black prevents the metal structure getting to hot, and so permits the structures to be re-used after each launch.

To view the show visit the link below and watch in the mini viewer to the left of the main window. To see the segment on Cancarb, use button on the viewer to fast foward to the third segment (after the advert), then use the scroll bar to jump to about 2 minutes in.

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Discovery Channel programme 1st segment is 11:51; the second segment is 6:15 and the third segment (containing the Cancarb segment) is 10:03. Three further segments are timed at 6:03; 5:20 and 7:25.