To: JenB
I thought they just used plexiglass in the movie.
15 posted on
08/23/2004 7:21:43 AM PDT by
Pyro7480
(Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
To: Pyro7480
They did. They traded the knowledge of transparent aluminum for the plexiglass for the whale tank. This is evidenced by the owner/manager/foreman of the plant saying "It would take years to work out this matrix".
43 posted on
08/23/2004 7:53:09 AM PDT by
cincinnati65
(Just up the road a piece.......)
To: Pyro7480
I thought they just used plexiglass in the movie.Plexiglass is hard to beat for holding whales.
56 posted on
08/23/2004 8:31:31 AM PDT by
js1138
(Speedy architect of perfect labyrinths.)
To: Pyro7480
They traded the formula for transparent aluminum for the plexiglass.
66 posted on
08/23/2004 8:56:26 AM PDT by
texpat72
To: Pyro7480
I thought they just used plexiglass in the movie. They did and Scotty gave them the formula for transparent aluminum as payment . . .
72 posted on
08/23/2004 9:19:54 AM PDT by
mamaduck
(I follow a New Age Guru . . . from 2000 years ago.)
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