i doubt it would be aerogell. the stuff is ridiculously friable and it
absorbs moisture like a sone of a gun. if it was recovered immediatly after
a fall that owuld be one thing, but just the morning dew is enough to make
aerogell turn into a puddle of 'goo'
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On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:39:13 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
>"It is very light...almost weightless and (the farmers) have never seen
>anything like it before," said police southern communications centre
>supervisor Paul Visser.
>
>Visser said the object was about 10cm long, 5cm wide and deep, and too
>light to be rock, with an "unknown texture".
Strange description. Have there been any uses of aerogel on anything that
could
have reentered the atmosphere?
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