Re: Slow Stealth

On Feb 24, 1:11 am, Tim Little <t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> On 2008-02-24, dwight.thi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 <dwight.thi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> > A material, in the beginning of 2008 mind you, that is better than
> > 99.9% absorbtive.

> Completely different from a material that is 99.99% reflective.  Such
> an absorptive material in sunlight will heat up and radiate very
> efficiently.

> Then again there is no point making a big curved mirror 99.99%
> reflective anyway, since then it will reflect sunlight. You're out of
> luck either way.

That's okay since you can still point the dish anywhere in the
hemisphere away from the sun.  A more troubling possibility
is if the enemy uses any active sensors.  That big curved
mirror will show up very well on active sensors.

Isaac Kuo