Astronauts will test the ability of the bladder, known as the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, to withstand heat, radiation, debris and other assaults.

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His radios carried signals over greater distances, offered more channels and could withstand punishing heat, cold, dust, moisture and vibration.

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The boxes can withstand intense heat for only relatively short periods, and could have been destroyed in the infernos which followed the crashes.

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Above all, he has to withstand the heat on Jerusalem.

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Symyx had to concoct a new catalyst that could withstand such high heat.

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It also lacked a heat shield and therefore could not withstand re-entry into the atmosphere.

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The scientists also wired the building with heat and gas sensors that could withstand fire.

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Then she set about designing a new model that could function as a hydroponic support system for the roses, able to withstand everything from wilting heat to high winds.

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For the previous several decades, electrical engineers had developed boilers that could withstand enormous and increasing amounts of heat and pressure.

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