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[Descan]

Space-spandex is starting to look better and better, eh?

[Sergarr]

Space-spandex is starting to look better and better, eh?

STAY AWAY FROM ME

and dont even think about looking in my direction

ill charge you with so many harassment lawsuits you'll swim in them

[LordSlowpoke]

* LordSlowpoke develops lawsuit spandex

[Lagslayer]

*spandex intensifies*

[Sheb]

* Sheb  Takes off Sergarr's spandex

If it makes you uncomfortable... Man those are nice underwear.

[Silfurdreki]

Whilst the only way of losing heat in space is radiation, not all that much heat is entering you, either.

Well, you're getting more heat from the Sun than on a hot summer day. 1366 W/m² (in Earth orbit) is nothing to sneeze at, since if you have a 1 m² surface area it's comparable to the output of a normal water kettle. Of course, you will not absorb all the incoming sunlight, but even 30% of that is not insignificant. You'll also get a real nasty sunburn very quickly since you have no protection from all UV light.

Do all unprotected space walking in the shade, wear sunscreen, a shirt and a hat.

[palsch]

This is the kind of science news I tend to prefer.

An interesting result with a lot of stated caveats and limits suggesting lots of juicy work to be done in the near future. Also some incredibly sexy equipment. An ultrahigh vacuum system for growing single atomic layer samples that comes complete equipped with both temperature controls and STM imaging? Yes please.

[Silfurdreki]

Woah, that's some serious hardware right there. Having a chamber for both sample creation and STM-imaging is no mean feat.

[MonkeyHead]

IIRC, around -140 ^oC. Ceramic compounds too, not metal or alloys.

[Putnam]

IIRC, around -140 ^oC. Ceramic compounds too, not metal or alloys.

That's freaking scorching.

[MonkeyHead]

Well, anything above -170 ^oC is of significance, as it means the transition temperature can be reached with abundant liquid Nitrogen rather than "worth more than anything ever" liquid Helium

[miauw62]

Liquid helium is one of the best things ever though. Superfluids ftw.

[Putnam]

Well, anything above -170 ^oC is of significance, as it means the transition temperature can be reached with abundant liquid Nitrogen rather than "worth more than anything ever" liquid Helium

"worth more than anything ever" liquid helium vs "literally cheaper than dirt" liquid nitrogen (and no, that's not an exaggeration, liquid nitrogen per gram is cheaper than dirt).

[MaximumZero]

So, HP is unveiling something that I'm not sure I quite believe.

Edit: Added links.

[Putnam]

I give Ray Kurzweil 2 or 3 days to say something inane about that.