To: SauronOfMordor
Strength/weight means little when weight is near zero. Aerogel has little strength, can barely hold itself together.
23 posted on
05/03/2004 3:15:20 PM PDT by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
To: RightWhale
Strength/weight means little when weight is near zero. Aerogel has little strength, can barely hold itself together
NASA image of 2 gram block of aerogel supporting a 2.5 kilogram brick. Space program is currently using it on a probe to capture comet particles moving at 38 miles/second, which is what got me thinking about other very fast-moving particles in this thread's context
28 posted on
05/03/2004 7:34:48 PM PDT by
SauronOfMordor
(That which does not kill me had better be able to run away damn fast.)
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