Outer space
The goal: fabric that can stop a micrometeorite
Tiax researchers strive to design materials for NASA
CAMBRIDGE -- Materials researchers at Tiax LLC are hunting for the right fabrics, but they are confronting problems that have probably never been considered by the fashion industry. Withstanding temperatures of plus or minus 200 degrees Fahrenheit, for example. Or surviving strikes from micrometeorites flying at a speed of Mach 20. (Full article: 842 words)
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