Date: 23 August 2012
Goddard technologist Vivek Dwivedi (right) and his collaborator, University of Maryland professor Raymond Adomaitis (left), are preparing to insert a sample inside a reactor that will apply a thin film using the atomic layer deposition technique.
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Space can be a dangerous place. Micrometeorites, solar particles, and space junk—everything from spent rocket stages to paint fragments—zip past satellites at up to 12.4 miles (20 kilometers) per second, posing hazards to their sensitive spacecraft optics, detectors, and solar panels.
Although engineers have developed different techniques to safeguard spacecraft from these fast-moving whirling dervishes, nothing provides 100% protection...
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www.rdmag.com
2012-08-23T13:00:00
Space-age nanotech, one atomic layer at a time
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