Beryllium gimbal for Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS)

http://oea.larc.nasa.gov/PAIS/GIFTS.html

The above is the link for more info on the project.

A housing of pure beryllium was fabricated by dip brazing. Epner's task was to polish this priceless construction and coat it with 25 microns high phosphorus electroless nickel followed by 0.5 microns Laser Gold. Laser gold was chosen for it's theoretically low emissivity and helps mantain the themal stability of this critical instrument.