NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Under the Reimbursable Space Act Agreement SAA3-1272, LP Building Products recently asked the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to evaluate the impact damage resistance of engineered wood siding from the LP®: SmartSide® brand and fiber cement siding. The evaluation was conducted by NASA Glenn Research Center's Ballistic Impact Laboratory in Cleveland. For example, in the case of baseball impact tests, the LP SmartSide siding sustained no visible damage while the fiber cement siding sample experienced extensive damage, even though the LP SmartSide siding sample was impacted at a speed nearly 5 mph greater than the fiber cement siding sample. A link to the full written evaluation can be found at www.lpsmartside.com.
