Thursday, August 28, 2008

Aerogel, the World's Lightest Solid

Aerogel, the fantastically light (and fantastically expensive) material made famous by its use as insulation in NASA spacecraft like the Mars Rover.

I know this has been around for ages but take a look at the video if you haven’t heard about it before.



Since it is 99.8% air, it appears semi-transparent.



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