Tip-of-the-tongue question: that gold-colored insulating wrap...

What the _hell_ is it called? It's right on the tip of my tongue. This
came up in a discussion with someone about different insulating materials
in spacecraft, and totally blanked on it.

I've ****ed away over an hour this evening searching NASA and Mark Wade's
and "Contact Light" and every other link I can think of before giving up
and leaving myself open to embarassment by asking a question about
something I should've remembered from when I first saw the stuff wrapped
around a LM and asked what it was.

....and it's right on the _tip_ of my tongue. Some funky plastics trade
name... it's not Kevlar, it's not Teflon, it's not Spandex, it's not
Mylar, it's...it's... damn.

Thanks in advance.

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On Sun, 23 May 2004 21:30:30 -0400, (Mike
Flugennock) wrote:

What the _hell_ is it called? It's right on the tip of my tongue. This
came up in a discussion with someone about different insulating materials
in spacecraft, and totally blanked on it.

I've ****ed away over an hour this evening searching NASA and Mark Wade's
and "Contact Light" and every other link I can think of before giving up
and leaving myself open to embarassment by asking a question about
something I should've remembered from when I first saw the stuff wrapped
around a LM and asked what it was.

...and it's right on the _tip_ of my tongue. Some funky plastics trade
name... it's not Kevlar, it's not Teflon, it's not Spandex, it's not
Mylar, it's...it's... damn.

Thanks in advance.

Kapton?

- Rusty Barton

In article ,
Mike Flugennock wrote:
What the _hell_ is it called? It's right on the tip of my tongue. This
came up in a discussion with someone about different insulating materials
in spacecraft, and totally blanked on it...
...and it's right on the _tip_ of my tongue. Some funky plastics trade
name... it's not Kevlar, it's not Teflon, it's not Spandex, it's not
Mylar, it's...it's... damn.

The plastic often used is Kapton. The *insulation* made with it is MLI,
Multi Layer Insulation, which is many layers of metallized plastic with
corrugations, bumps, or netting to keep them apart.
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