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Solar White
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Robert Youngquist, Ph.D., tests a sample disk with a "Solar White" cryogenic selective surface coating with a flash light, demonstrating the coating’s reflective properties. The innovative coating is predicted to reflect more than 99.9 percent of the simulated solar infrared radiation. This technology could enable storing super-cold, or cryogenic, liquids and support systems that shield astronauts against radiation during the Journey to Mars.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineSolar White. NASA/KSC, 2017-11-20. Public domain. ID: KSC-20171120-PH_LCH01_0001.
