China develops material for spacecraft to withstand high temperatures
Zou Junfeng, a senior engineer at the Aerospace Institute of Advanced Materials and Processing Technology in Beijing, said the material, called aerogel, has been widely used in space missions by the United States, Russia and Europe.
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The so-called aerogel is a thousand times lighter than conventional gold alloys.
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