Now, which space program is the prototype of smoke detectors installed in office buildings and residential buildings?
Thus, NASA and the United States Honey Well Company jointly studied the invention of the first smoke detector for the space laboratory, used for fire alarm. Today, the home kitchen, shops, supermarkets, song and dance halls, warehouses...... Smoke detectors are everywhere.
Many ways of dealing with emergencies in space are eventually translated into civilian use. "Automatic fire fighting materials" is another excellent case. The material comes from the Appollo moon project. Now, it has been widely used as a steel support beam in high-rise buildings and public buildings. In the fire, it can provide up to 4 hours of fire fighting, but also help steel construction will not collapse prematurely, giving occupants more time to evacuate safely.
Smoke detector is a typical equipment which is changed from space fire protection to civil use. In 1970s, NASA engineers designed the Skylab, but if the lab caught fire, it would be a big hassle.
