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Buckypaper spacecraft and probes

by astronut Dec 12, 2021 3 Comments 3 Links

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Buckypaper could be somewhere in the realm of 500 times stronger than traditional steel, while also being ten times lighter. Ideal for spacecraft.

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MeterMan on December 13, 2021 at 4:53 am
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Idea: Buckypaper spacecraft and probes
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28J0ffd2T9...
Not a new material but is likely to be used for countless applications in the future. Great ideas will come out of these buckyball sheets I guess. Bring it on.

It's called 'buckypaper' and looks a lot like ordinary carbon paper, but don't be fooled by the cute
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

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Munch on December 13, 2021 at 12:29 am
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Idea: Buckypaper spacecraft and probes
Link: https://news.erau.edu/headlines/sensors-in...
Cool. “Our biggest current challenge is embedding these smart sensors into a flexible and compliant material that can expand as the modules are inflated in space,” Kim says.

Sensors in Space: Keeping Astronauts Safe in Inflatable Habitats
Link: https://news.erau.edu/headlines/

At first, inflatable habitats in orbit around Earth may sound like a dangerous idea, given that the vacuum of space is littered with, as NASA says, “millions of pieces of human-made debris or space junk consisting mainly of fragmented rocket bodies and spacecraft parts created by 50 years of explo... Read more

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Clever Dick on December 12, 2021 at 11:27 pm
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Link: https://newatlas.com/good-thinking/carbon-...
Now that sounds like a good application for buckypaper. According to this it can be used as a lightweight heat shield that can stand up to the impact of hypersonic speeds.

Carbon nanotubes key to next-gen heat shields for hypersonic aircraft
Link: https://newatlas.com/good-thinki

A team of scientists at Florida State University’s High-Performance Materials Institute is using advanced nanomaterials to produce lightweight heat shields that can stand up to the impact of hypersonic speeds. Based on sheets of carbon nanotubes called “buckypaper,” the new experimental shield... Read more

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