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Posted by Mark Rand on January 22, 2008, 6:34 pm
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>On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:04:00 +0000, Peter Fairbrother
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>>Mike wrote:
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>>> Thin foil 'insulation' is among the biggest cons of the 21st century -
>>> the organisation that originally certified them for use in the UK
>>> didn't use standard methods and if they had then the results would
>>> have shown this type of insulation is completely useless unless you
>>> are in a vacuum. The approval was subsequently withdrawn after a
>>> complaint (to trading standards iirc)
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>>It works good in vaccuum though ... used in lots of spacecraft ...
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>3 bed semi-detached spacecraft, particularly those in space and with
>an insulation problem are a little bit thin on the ground
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>I know it has solar panels but does the ISS have double glazing? :)
Yes, but only because of the noisy neighbours
:-)
Mark Rand
RTFM
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