One of the unique experiences I've come to have in my life and the town of Huntsville AL is the befriending of a Dr. William Kaukler or as I will occasionally call him Dr. K.
I worked with Dr. K in a research lab doing materials science testing for a while. He pretty much took me under his wing and mentored me in materials science. I can't tell you how much knowledge this man holds, but its scary. I usually ask him a question on whatever new thing I've been learning, and he can give me a detailed answer then send me investigating even further down the rabbit hole.
Anyway..... Dr. K has done some amazing pioneering metallurgy black magic, being one of the first to watch molten metals crystalize under a microscope. One of his projects was to learn how to extract water from the moon. He figured out you can target and melt ice on the moon by heating the regolith (moon dust) and its heat will in turn melt the ice. He is the master wizard of the materials realm.
Today I was invited to have lunch with him and around 10 other long time NASA scientists to just talk about nerdy stuff. These guys are the dudes that just love talking about ideas and technology. They are a huge source of information on new innovations in space.
One of the things we talked about today was a question I raised to Dr. K about Monoatomic Gold, and if it was possible for it to exist in a single atom form.
I have been doing some research on the subject and the material may have ancient origins. Biblically this Monoatomic gold may have been referred to as Manna. I recently ordered some of this product from a company in Germany that claims to produce the substance via a process involving molten salt. This registered with Dr. K as he did confirm that gold could be suspended as single atoms in solution with molten salt. The trick I don't get is the next step of this process and how the atoms of gold will not re-combine when pulled out of the solution? Dr. K also described some process where the gold could be laid to glass in some way....I may not fall asleep for the next few days while diving into this. He had to go and couldn't go into more details for me today, but said we'd continue the convo next week. It was awesome to nerd out with Dr. K and his crew today!
I just felt like sharing that little tid bit with y'all as it will possibly be a future experiment. I wake up everyday tumbling into some new thing to learn and find this universe so fascinating. This time we have here is all about our perception of it I believe. We are input/output adaptable beings. Life can be so much more peaceful when I disconnect from all the noise. Bring wonder back into your life, you are more than you know, seek truth, grow, and experiment everyday.
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