Eureka, it's Kapton! Finally...I thought I'd go nutz...

Kapton!

Eureka, it's Kapton!

Thanks, OM; I found the answer by browsing your Apollo 17 CM foto gallery.
I remembered that _somewhere_ in there you mentioned that stuff by name by
way of discussing the effects of re-entry.

I knew it was Mylar-based, but different from Mylar; I knew the name for
years but for some reason it got away from me. At long last, Kapton. (%^

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On Sun, 23 May 2004 21:44:58 -0400, (Mike
Flugennock) wrote:

Kapton!

Eureka, it's Kapton!

Thanks, OM; I found the answer by browsing your Apollo 17 CM foto gallery.
I remembered that _somewhere_ in there you mentioned that stuff by name by
way of discussing the effects of re-entry.

I knew it was Mylar-based, but different from Mylar; I knew the name for
years but for some reason it got away from me. At long last, Kapton. (%^

....One of these days, I'll manage to get a sample of that stuff as it
was plastered on the CM and get some hi-res photos of it. Maybe if JSC
finally gets their act together and hires some additional, *competent*
security and holds another Open House. All the other centers are open
again, why not JSC?

OM

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On or about Mon, 24 May 2004 00:01:58 -0500, OM om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org made the sensational claim that:
All the other centers are open
again, why not JSC?

They're not in Texas. :-P
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OM om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org wrote in message . ..
On Sun, 23 May 2004 21:44:58 -0400, (Mike
Flugennock) wrote:

Kapton!

Eureka, it's Kapton!

Thanks, OM; I found the answer by browsing your Apollo 17 CM foto gallery.
I remembered that _somewhere_ in there you mentioned that stuff by name by
way of discussing the effects of re-entry.

I knew it was Mylar-based, but different from Mylar; I knew the name for
years but for some reason it got away from me. At long last, Kapton. (%^

...One of these days, I'll manage to get a sample of that stuff as it
was plastered on the CM and get some hi-res photos of it. Maybe if JSC
finally gets their act together and hires some additional, *competent*
security and holds another Open House. All the other centers are open
again, why not JSC?

OM


While I don't have any of the aluminized kapton used on the CM, I can
get samples of the amber colored stuff. It's an interesting material,
we have it all over the place in our lab. In a previous job, we
sputter metallized a Peltier cooler( the opposite of a Seebeck RTG)
onto kapton to make a flexible cooling strip. It's also very heat
resistant. This was important as the cool side of the Peltier system
gets cold, the hot junction gets very hot. If you want a sample of the
amber colored stuff, I can take the pics or snail mail you a sample to
photograph yourself.

Gene DiGennaro
Baltimore, Md.

"OM" om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org wrote
in message news
...One of these days, I'll manage to get a sample of that stuff as it
was plastered on the CM and get some hi-res photos of it.

Somewhere in storage I have a Time-Life book on chemistry which shows a
kitten on a sheet of Kapton, with a blowtorch underneath. The kitten looks
annoyed, but unharmed. Until it extends a claw and punctures the Kapton

On Mon, 24 May 2004 14:55:40 -0400, "Scott Hedrick"
wrote:


"OM" om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org wrote
in message news
...One of these days, I'll manage to get a sample of that stuff as it
was plastered on the CM and get some hi-res photos of it.

Somewhere in storage I have a Time-Life book on chemistry which shows a
kitten on a sheet of Kapton, with a blowtorch underneath. The kitten looks
annoyed, but unharmed. Until it extends a claw and punctures the Kapton


Another space related use is Kapton Kirk, the Teflon commander whose
acting is also synthetic.

;-}

- Rusty Barton

Rusty Barton wrote:

Another space related use is Kapton Kirk, the Teflon commander whose
acting is also synthetic.


The hook pulls Rusty offstage just in time to avoid hail of Tang, Blood
Wine, and Romulan Ale bottles... :-D

Pat