Nanotech in space: Rensselaer experiment to weather the trials of orbit (EurekAlert!)

( Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ) Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are scheduled to blast off into orbit on November 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. The project, funded by the US Air Force Multi University Research Initiative (MURI), seeks to test the performance of the new nanocomposites in orbit. The materials will be mounted to the International Space …
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