MORE- THAN - ONE HIT- WONDERS

 

MOST spacecraft are made for onetime use, but on Sept 6, China successfully recovered a reusable one after it spent two days in orbit. [Melissa Godin]

More Multiuse innovations :

MASK CRUSADE

1.- Amid Covid-19 supply shortages, researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston designed a sterilizable mask for health workers, made of Silicone Rubber that can stop viral particles.

HAVING A BLAST

2.- Fireworks are fun, but they also produce trash and emit pollutants. An alternative called  Rammaxxuses LED lights and reusable rockets to create sustainable light shows more than 300 feet  high.

WASH AND GO

3.- Yes, reusable cloth toilet paper exists, and has for years. Its proponents see it as eco-friendly and cost effective; health experts, however, caution that using it safely taking special precautions with your laundry.