re teflon re long term human missions in article rtghr j v techbook techbook com dant techbook techbook com dan tilque writes the material was useful for seals but it had a major problem for say the linings of vessels it wouldn t stick to metal what the space program did was to find a way to get it to stick thus we had no stick frypans on the market in the late s ejon matejevic who was a full professor at clarkson university last i heard developed the process for sticking teflon to metals i don t think it was a nasa project cuz i heard he held the patent on it and had made quite a bundle off it anyone from clarkson know the exact story i never wanted to ask him myself pat
