I was wondering about the 'fictional' state of transparent aluminium, in the comment about 10 top sci-fi movies in one sentence. I remember alum from cartoons, I saw when young, but had no idea what it was. Alum crystals are mentioned by Pliny.
but glass is a generic term. The move was made in 1986. Gene Roddenberry was a stickler for consistency, but someone have to come back from the 24th century(or is it the 25th century now-time flies).
Some of the greatest discoveries have been made by people who say Hey! I never thought of that, but why don't we try it and see what happens. It's all in the melting and cooling, So science fact is born in science fiction. Jules Verne was a master.
Now t...

I was wondering about the 'fictional' state of transparent aluminium, in the comment about 10 top sci-fi movies in one sentence. I remember alum from cartoons, I saw when young, but had no idea what it was. Alum crystals are mentioned by Pliny.
but glass is a generic term. The move was made in 1986. Gene Roddenberry was a stickler for consistency, but someone have to come back from the 24th century(or is it the 25th century now-time flies).
Some of the greatest discoveries have been made by people who say Hey! I never thought of that, but why don't we try it and see what happens. It's all in the melting and cooling, So science fact is born in science fiction. Jules Verne was a master.
Now they need something that is both light, and can protect us from the Van Allen belt and radiation in general. Gold is dense but extremely malleable. How thick does gold have to be to provide an efficient radiation shield? Could gold be 'pasted' to aluminium glass. A gold mirror. Even layers of monoatomic Gold that still weighed less than current materials. Still, as far as getting into space is concerned, rocket fuel is so 20th century.