Art and Space Conservation Unite Over Rubber

Buzz Aldrin, photographed by Neil Armstrong, wearing his intravehicular suit made from the same fabric as the outer layer of the spacesuits.

“Interdisciplinary” has been a buzzword in the scientific circles for well over a decade. But nothing emphasizes the interconnections between different areas of research than the unexpected ones, like the one Sarah Everts, senior editor of Chemical & Engineering News, highlights in the blog Artful Science: space science and art conservation. Everts discovered the connection [...]