[at-l] Aerogel Clothing !

[hiker at tempestdream.com (Hoplite)]

Jim Bullard wrote:

> This is interesting stuff actually. Check out 
> http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/tech/aerogel.html it appears that it is 
> fairly rigid so it shouldn't compress like other insulators. If it 
> could be made flexible enough it could be the solution to staying warm 
> in a hammock. This site's content 
> http://www.aspensystems.com/aerogel.html suggests that is possible, 
> also http://www.aerogel.com/. Apparently the concept has been around 
> for some time. This is a good article on aerogel 
> http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/aerogel-insulation.html. 
> For those who want to delve deeply here is a page of links 
> http://fourier.mech.virginia.edu/~microhx/aerogellinks.html. 


Can you imagine the opportunity here if someone on the list bought a 
roll of this stuff like you buy a roll of tyvek?

HopLite