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Specialty Applications (used by NASA)
Designing a special conditional feature for your application is not a problem. NASA asked us just that. The Hubble telescope now has 4 of the old design (now called) quick-on fasteners in space and, with the success of that older design being so successful (and the advent of a new improved version), NASA is looking into utilizing the new design into incorporating the fastener into their future space ventures. NASA was particularly excited to have discovered that the quick-on fastener is the only nut that can be used by a robot when putting features together in space. In fact, that application was used on one of the MARS planetary rovers. The rover had a mission requirement to change one of its arms for a specific mission requirement and the nut allowed that design to easily become a fact. This feature can, also, be used in the deepest depths of the ocean, or human restrictive hazardous environments, for just that type of application.
NASA Mission STS-29 a simple screwdriver device, left, designed for a contingency, in the case that the astronauts needed to take the cargo bay doors off of the shuttle, while in space, and replace them after recovering the Hubble. This contingency plan design was in place in the event that the Hubble needed to be stowed in the cargo bay and safely returned to earth.