inignoct wrote:
] ] This guy here is Peter Tsou. He's a scientist at NASA's
] ] Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and he's holding an amazing
] ] substance called aerogel. Aerogel is a solid, but it is
] ] 99.8% empty space. In fact, it very closely approaches
] ] the density of air. It practically IS air. It's still a
] ] solid, though, and you can even pick it up or set things
] ] on it.
]
] Very neat.
]
] [ I have always loved aerogel. I want a piece so much. But
] not enough to pay for it. ;) -k]

Yea - its pricy stuff to be sure. you can buy small samples of it on Ebay and if I weren't broke, I might break down and buy a piece to play with.

Might. -LB

RE: Hinterlands.cc - 03/26/04: Aerogel