Thanks to PheartheSpork for the links

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/tech/aerogel.html

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_584923.html?menu=news.scienceanddiscovery.space

http://www.beverlytang.com/archives/materials/000083.html


Buy your own!

http://www.mkt-intl.com/aerogels/aerogel_order.html


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[This message has been edited by SAJN_Master (edited March 13, 2004).]

damn that's expensive for 99.8% air

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WARNING: THIS POST MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF PEANUT!!!
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I remember reading about that stuff long ago, it looked awesome.

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WOOSH.
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Realize that its very, very, very light, so that 10 grams may end up being enough to insulate a house.

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"No good can ever come from staying with normal people"
-Outlaw Star
"Some people play tennis. I erode the human soul"
-Tycho, Penny Arcade
"I'm a Cannabal-Vegitarian. I will BBQ an employee if there is no veggie option"
-DX:IW

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/photo/aerogelbrick.jpg

That's two grams, and that's a brick standing on top of it, so ten grams can't be very much.

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Superstition brings bad luck.
-Raymond Smullyan, 5000B.C.

yah, i just saw that. But 99.8% can't be too heavy, can it?

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"No good can ever come from staying with normal people"
-Outlaw Star
"Some people play tennis. I erode the human soul"
-Tycho, Penny Arcade
"I'm a Cannabal-Vegitarian. I will BBQ an employee if there is no veggie option"
-DX:IW

You won't feel the difference from 100% air...