Glass with protection from meteors is produced in Tomsk in autumn 2015

TOMSK, Aug 5 – RIA Tomsk. Tomsk scientists plan to produce the first batch of glasses with nanocovering for illuminators of spaceships in autumn; the covering is developed for protection of glass from space debris and micrometeorites, the press service of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) which employees participate in the project reported.

It was reported earlier that the covering is developed by scientists from TPU and Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science (ISPMS). It disperses energy of shock of high speed particles, thereby preventing formation of craters on a surface of the glass worsening optical characteristics. The latest covering will be applied on glasses of illuminators.

"The technology passes trial tests successfully. Scientists plan to produce the first pilot batch of glasses for the cargo spaceship in the autumn", – it is told in the message and specified that, according to plans, illuminators with such covering will be installed on a new spaceship which will be launched in 2020.

It was reported earlier that the illuminators processed with a Tomsk nanocovering are intended for the new Russian piloted spaceship which is developed in RSC "Energia"; it will replace the "Soyuz" ships. It is supposed that this device will be able to take to six people to low Earth orbit or to four to the Moon.