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The Mars society of Australia is interested in the investigation of suitable materials for outpost construction on Mars. Materials that are light, strong, thermally stable and UV resistant would be ideal for this application. Being the strongest commercial plastics available at this point in time, Lexan happens to meet the mechanical and thermal requirements. The BLUEsat Lexan Experiment is to test the UV resistance and durability of a piece of specially coated Lexan. The specimen will be housed inside a Aluminium tube, a UV sensor will be located behind the Lexan. The satellite will be subjected to constant UV bombardment in low earth orbit, and BLUEsat will transmit the UV sensor reading as part of its telemetry, available for everybody to download.

Lexan Experiment Configuration

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