[time-nuts] temperature stability basics

[J. Forster]

I'm virtually certain by 1968 they were using some plastic film. Maybe
Mylar, maybe Kapton, but metalized plastic. I was doing optics and
telemetry so was not really involved in other areas, but I babysat our
payload on that bird first bird for 5 months

-John

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> Bob Camp wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> The ones I'm talking about aren't used anywhere there's air to create
>> any wind....
>>
>> Bob
>>
> yeah, but there's plenty of handling and air currents before it gets
> launched...<grin>
>
> These days, I'd vote for evaporated metal on some substrate.
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