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The Space Age began in 1957, with an 83 kg Russian Sputnik satellite bleeping greetings to a surprised world. Since that spectacular beginning, intensive effort has gone into the scientific exploration of space, exploration of the Moon and distant planets, manufacturing of materials in space laboratories, and exploiting orbiting satellites for communication, navigation and observation of the Earth.
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1 Å equals 10−10 m.
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The term ‘torr’ is generally used instead of ‘mm Hg’ by international agreement of several vacuum societies. ‘Torr’ honours the name of Torricelli, who discovered atmospheric pressure in 1643.
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Dunn, B.D. (2016). Requirements for Spacecraft Materials. In: Materials and Processes. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23362-8_2
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