Martin Black and the Trilobal Fibers! June 7, 2006
Posted by spacemom in : She Blinded me with Science , trackbackI think that a great rock band name is Martin Black and the Trilobal Fibers.
Martin Black is not a person, but a color. There is an urban legend, in the space business, that Lockheed Martin has developed a black that is almost black. You may say, "huh?" Black is defined as an absence of color. True black is a perfect absorber. It will not reflect anything. Now, take any black object around you and look carefully, there is some reflection off of your object.
Martin Black does not reflect. Is is almost a perfect black. The legend is that the person who is shown Martin Black is asked to put their hands behind their back before the box is opened. When the box with the sample of Martin Black is opened, the observer is drawn to the perfect blackness, as if there is a hole in the box that goes forever and they reach out to touch it. The Lockheed Martin person always moves the box away before he touches it…
Trilobal fibers are strands of fiber with a cross section having 3 lobes (hence the name) and it is commonly found in car mats. Very useful for forensics. I was heavily into watching "The New Detectives" on the Discovery Channel before kids, and I learned many ways to not kill someone. And to watch out for luminol and trilobal fibers.
Don’t you think that is a great name for a band?
I just got through a document that contains words like "the temperature of the ISIM and the further indications of deterioration of the elephant sitting in the aperture of the telescope.." (ok, I added the elephant part, I actually can’t quote ANY of the document as it is labeled secure). I think my brain will explode. At least there is enough rain to keep me from burning up….
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