publiusr - 17/10/2006 2:49 PMQuoteTony Rusi - 27/7/2006 3:45 PMThe "optical" windows on the ISS were Fused Silica, so are the Russian windows that I am talking about. So I don't think they are that far apart in terms of optical quality. The reason Russian stuff is cheaper is because their engineers make ten bucks an hour instead of 60.I never would have guessed.
Tony Rusi - 27/7/2006 3:45 PMThe "optical" windows on the ISS were Fused Silica, so are the Russian windows that I am talking about. So I don't think they are that far apart in terms of optical quality. The reason Russian stuff is cheaper is because their engineers make ten bucks an hour instead of 60.