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NASA's frozen smoke named lightest solid

Spike

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Aug 27, 2001
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hot dang that is cool stuff. I wanna touch it to really feel how light it is.
 

silent tone

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Capturing space dust is fascinating and all, but here's some more info. Second feature down.

edit: There's some lab on the net that sells samples ~10x10 cm, non-optical quality, for like $15 couldn't find it w/ google though
 

HappyPuppy

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I think I've known a few people who have a brain density about the same as the frozen smoke. A very interesting product, nonetheless.
 

911paramedic

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I thought I heard about something just like this years ago in Popular Science. Must have been different frozen smoke.



The latest batch can endure temperatures as high as 2,600 degrees F <---I could even use that to hold my CPU.


Edit: I thought so, it was used in the '97 mars mission.
Linky
 

dude8604

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I want some :)...

I wonder how strong it is?

Also, my first post as a Golden Member...and as a 1000+ post member...
 

bizmark

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Wow, that's really cool, and I don't doubt that it exists, but doesn't it just look incredibly fake to you? I mean, those pics look like simple photochopping jobs. Some sort of effect.