Earhart Foundry
This content is for the 2.0 version.
Foundry provides specialist advanced materials produced on Earth and shipped to LEO via SSTOs.
Foundry’s most popular space-rated materials for settlement construction are given below, which can be provided in sections up to 2m in their shortest dimension:
- Reinforced Silica Aerogels for improved thermal insulation at $2000 per kg. These have a density of 0.1 g/cm³ and thermal conductivity of 0.013 W/mK.
- Carbon Fibre Composite Sandwich Panels for construction of lightweight structures at $1400 per kg. These have a carbon layup density of 1.52 g/cm³ with a yield strength of 2.5 GPa.
- Fused Silica Windows utilising self healing acrylic for impact recovery at $3000 per kg. These retain 1.5 atm of pressure at a thickness of 10mm and span of 2m.
The above represent a specific grade of the listed materials with specifications for other materials and their grades available online. Other grades of materials can be provided by Foundry at similar costs to those listed above.