Re: Anything new with dissipative Starlite polymer?

[EMAIL PROTECTED]  (Starlite) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> The "New technology found" thread on mystery metal got me thinking
> about good old Starlite.
> 
> When first disclosed, Starlite apparently held up to serious testing by
> the military (at Los Alamos, I think).  Was Starlite polymer ever officially 
> proven or debunked? Has Ward gone back to hairdressing?

People on sci.chem stopped wondering about it in 1994.  GGS it.  It
always looked to me like asbestos mixed with epoxy when I saw it on
TV.  I don't know how much insulation you need to keep an egg safe
from a blowtorch -- probably enough people don't to make it work as a
curiosity.  Generates some buzz, people ask questions, then ...
profit.