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NASA Publication Cites Epner's
Gold
NASA Commercial Technology
Division publication
Epner Technology, Inc., of Brooklyn,
New York, has a golden reputation at NASA’s Goddard Space
Flight Center. In 1996, the company first partnered with Goddard
to Gold-coat a telescope mirror for use on the Mars Global
Surveyor. The mirror, known as the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter
(MOLA), functioned as part of a laser device to chart Mar’s
topography. Epner Technology’s LaserGold“ process
was used ...
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Gold Coating
NASA Commercial Technology
Division publication
A thin layer of gold on an astronaut’s
helmet visor fends off dangerous effects of solar radiation.
Satellite microelectronics that instantaneously relay data
around the globe depend on gold components to ensure reliable,
corrosion-resistant and static-free performance...
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Mapping Mars
Lasers and Optronics
Magazine
Early this month, the spacecraft Mars
Global Surveyor will have arrived for its first fly-by of
Mars after a ten-month journey. Part of the spacecraft’s
scientific payload is the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA),
a device designed to map the planet’s surface over a
two-year operational period beginning in March1998...
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High reflectivity brings Heaven to Earth
Global Design News
Brooklyn, New York–if the streets
of Paradise aren’t paved with gold, at least those telescopes
searching for them are. Gold’s high reflectivity and
resistance to oxidation, for example, make it the coating
material carried on the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA)...
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Gold Rules the World of Infrared
Photonics Spectra
From astronomical telescopes to industrial
lasers to scanners at the grocery store, the proper optical
coating can mean the difference between telling a distant
galaxy from an unformed nebula or peas from carrots. In each
case, choosing the proper coating and deposition method will
greatly affect the overall system performance...
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Archived Releases
Forbes
Dated March 1993 originally titled
“In Brooklyn Only the Strong Survive” was changed
to A Little Guy in Brooklyn, an 85 year old company in the
High Tech World of Aerospace...in Brooklyn?
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Aviation
Week
October 1981
The long-known process of electroplating is find growing use
in electro-optical weapons, including high-energy laser optics
and missile countermeasures, but has required the development
of much improved technology.
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