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#1 SpleenBeGone

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Posted 07 November 2014 - 10:30 PM

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Styrofoam is 250 times heavier than this stuff. 

A cubic meter would weigh .16kg, .35lb. 

 


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#2 DefyTheOdds

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Posted 16 November 2014 - 07:03 PM

This stuff has got to be some of the coolest materials I've ever seen, and I have a degree in Materials Science and Engineering


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#3 Silver_rose

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Posted 17 November 2014 - 10:38 PM

I'm just wondering what the hell it would be used for...


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#4 DefyTheOdds

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Posted 18 November 2014 - 05:33 AM

Lightweight heat shields and such

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#5 SpleenBeGone

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Posted 18 November 2014 - 01:48 PM

Everything? >.>

 

But yeah, heat shields mostly, and collecting comet particles. 


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#6 Mister Sympa

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Posted 24 November 2014 - 02:27 AM

Styrofoam is 250 times heavier than this stuff. 

Literally cannot comprehend that statement.


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#7 SpleenBeGone

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Posted 24 November 2014 - 09:50 AM

Honestly, I can't either.

I want to hold some. 


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#8 Mister Sympa

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Posted 24 November 2014 - 04:45 PM

Just stick your hand out. It'd probably feel the same.


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#9 SpleenBeGone

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Posted 24 November 2014 - 06:10 PM

But I wouldn't get the same sensation of something on the skin.

So tempted to buy some.

 

http://www.ebay.com/...=item25976b8705


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#10 Mister Sympa

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Posted 24 November 2014 - 06:25 PM

It's teeny!


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#11 SpleenBeGone

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Posted 24 November 2014 - 06:32 PM

Yeah, it's not terribly cheap for big chunks. >.>


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#12 DefyTheOdds

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Posted 30 November 2014 - 09:22 AM

yeah because it aint exactly easy to make large chunks


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