When the space shuttle Discovery landed in August 2005 following its 12-day mission, the world shared a collective sense of relief, especially considering the safety concerns before and during the flight.
Interest in the mission was especially high in Research Triangle Park, N.C., where engineers from Geomagic were on call 24x7 to help ensure the safety of Discovery astronauts. The company's digital shape sampling and processing (DSSP) technology gave NASA the ability for the first time to detect, assess, repair and validate a repair in the unpredictable environment of space.