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2008 Annual Report 9
Less conventional.
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has provided the Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs) since the first U.S. shuttle mission in 1981. In 2008, SSMEs powered four shuttle missions, including the launch
of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in November 2008. During this mission, the crew tested an advanced recycling system that makes wastewater usable. Hamilton Sundstrand designed and built the
system, which may eliminate the need to bring fresh water from Earth on extended space missions. Once testing is complete, the water can be used for drinking and bathing and to produce oxygen
for breathing. In its first year, Carrier’s PrimeLINE digital scroll container refrigeration unit received orders for more than 20,000 units from customers worldwide. PrimeLINE is designed to reduce
environmental impact and is the most energy efficient container refrigeration unit ever offered in the industry. Its efficiency and power consumption are best in class and lifecycle costs are as much
as 30 percent lower than competitive units. When you start with the premise that everything done today can be done better tomorrow, the results are often unconventional.
Opposite page: The X2 Technology demonstrator during a Sikorsky test
flight in Horseheads, N.Y. (left). Engineers analyzing sprays at UTRC in
East Hartford, Conn. (right).
This page: The launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, powered by three
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne SSMEs in February 2008. Hamilton Sundstrand
Auxiliary Power Units provided the rocket boosters’ and main engines’ thrust
vectoring, which helped guide the shuttle’s direction (left). Maersk Line,
the world’s largest shipping company, has awarded Carrier significant
orders for the PrimeLINE digital scroll container refrigeration unit (right).