Spaaaaace (Infinite Space: Part 2)

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Testing spacecraft material the Sandia way: Setting it on fire with mirrors

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Saw the Hunters Moon this morning on the way into the office. It was glorious in the dawn

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boffins at Sandia National Laboratories that tested heat shield prototypes by blasting them with rays of focused sunlight so strong Archimedes would blush.

An uncle works at the Sandia National Labs and managed to get us a tour of the public-appropriate places about a decade ago. Given what we saw and the people we met I can easily imagine them having so much fun running those experiments!

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