To: marvlus
This material is used in spacecraft to capture particles such as from the tail of a comet. There is hardly anything more fragile than aerogel.
9 posted on
08/19/2007 12:08:02 PM PDT by
RightWhale
(It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
To: RightWhale
Did you actually bother to read the article?
14 posted on
08/19/2007 12:14:48 PM PDT by
flashbunny
(<--- Free Anti-Rino graphics! See Rudy the Rino get exposed as a liberal with his own words!)
To: RightWhale
There is hardly anything more fragile than aerogel. Anti-liberal esoteric tech Sarcasm Torpedo ARMED. FIRE!!
Except a liberal's ego...(sniff) :-(
Cheers!
77 posted on
08/19/2007 1:59:48 PM PDT by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: RightWhale
This material is used in spacecraft to capture particles such as from the tail of a comet. There is hardly anything more fragile than aerogel.Seems that if not protected from the atmosphere, a piece of aerogel will eventually absorb enough minute particles that it clogs up.
117 posted on
08/19/2007 6:12:39 PM PDT by
fso301
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson