The strongest artificial material in human history...
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...A material known as Starlite, essentially a form of plastic, is able to withstand the blast of over six dozen Hiroshimas, and has existed for over two decades. So how is it that such a great, if not the greatest scientific invention in human history, has remained so unkown?
Just to give you a better idea of how powerful this is...
Really amazing how much of an effect capitalism has on the advancement of humanity.
Just to give you a better idea of how powerful this is...
Ward certainly believes in his product, claiming publicly that it could have prevented the space shuttle disasters. 'Starlite has a Q-value [an energy absorption rating] of 2,470. The space shuttle tiles have a Q-value of 1.' Not only that, but because Starlite is so lightweight – 1mm thick, compared to 75mm for the space tiles – it's actually '2,470 x 75 times better'.
Really amazing how much of an effect capitalism has on the advancement of humanity.
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TheDarkStarAlchemist
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I am a materials engineer, as well as a mechanical engineer, so this is really interesting. Though it does not take the cake. This is the most interesting material that I have ever heard of or researched: Aerogel.
Almost lighter than air.
My favorite material By far is iridium. It's in the platinum family.
Almost lighter than air.
My favorite material By far is iridium. It's in the platinum family.
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Room101
Waifu Collector
Knowledge is the epitome of power.
It may sound silly, but I wouldn't be entirely surprised if some intelligence agency or an individual had somewhat hoarded up the plans or pushed to intervene in such material ever being widely used.
But conspiracy theories aside, this is amazing. I can't even begin to get my head around the applications you could find for it in space exploration alone. It would make all the heat-shields and ceramics NASA develop look downright retarded. Not mention a small amount of this material is not only stronger, but also lighter then ceramics, so you get more space to play around with your space-ship design.
So finally, we can go to the Sun.
It may sound silly, but I wouldn't be entirely surprised if some intelligence agency or an individual had somewhat hoarded up the plans or pushed to intervene in such material ever being widely used.
But conspiracy theories aside, this is amazing. I can't even begin to get my head around the applications you could find for it in space exploration alone. It would make all the heat-shields and ceramics NASA develop look downright retarded. Not mention a small amount of this material is not only stronger, but also lighter then ceramics, so you get more space to play around with your space-ship design.
So finally, we can go to the Sun.
