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Thread: Glass or Aluminum for Lunar Mirror
# 16339 byking_rodent on Feb. 15, 2002, 10:14 a.m.
Member since 2022-08-22
Hurm, you may be able to combind the two. Bring along a small
ammmount of aluminum and vapor deposition onto sintered regolith
glass.
Back to the intent of the original post, I don't know which would
be better. They both might hold up well under thermal stress.
> Aluminum is difficult to "win" from ore. Until this century,
aluminum
> was a precious metal.
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> Ron
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> "king_rodent"
> 02/13/02 12:10 PM
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