Key Advance Toward 'Micro-spacecraft'
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 23:21
in Physics & Chemistry
Fleets of inexpensive, pint-sized spacecraft are one giant leap closer to lift off. Researchers describe a new, razor thin temperature-regulating film that brings this sci-fi vision of "micro-spacecraft" weighing barely 50 pounds and 10-pound "nano-spacecraft" closer to reality.