"survival" blankets

MLI= multi-layer-insulation, term used in satellite tech for the material.

The sample has to sit on an insulator to count conduction out, also to get the effect the water only has to see the sky, that is the reason for the cone.

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There is special SW to do radiation calcs (ESATAN is one I know of), it is more than cumbersome to use.

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I would have had to read it to have not understood it. But I didn't care enough about the theory to read it. Hope the professors don't mind, but I was actually more interested in which ones were the most sturdy for the weight, and the best ways to use them. That seemed to have gotten lost somewhere.
 
I used Space Blankets when they first came out.

They made a heavier wieght like a groundsheet.
I had no money as a 16 year old kid (a long time ago), so I was backpacking using a Tarp and a Space Blanket
The Tarp was a small lenght of sealed nylon with some plastic clip on grommets, and I used the Space Blacket as a ground sheet.

One time I swapped, and put the nylon on the ground and the Space Blanket as a tarp.
I was much warmer that night, and continued to use the Space Blanket as a tarp reflecting my heat back to me.

The small pocket sized Space Blanket was always a required part of the Emergency kit of school hill walking trips.
The kit for being benighted on the hills was/is a plastic bivi bag, which is a heavy gauge plastic bag and a Space Blanket.
The Emergency/Bivi bag was pulled over you and your backpack, and you sat on your backpack for a safe 'dry' night, uncomfortable and also damp from the condensation of the plastic.

The small Space Blanket was used as a personal wrap, like a blanket, and kept you much warmer.
Much warmer than wrapping yourself in nylon like a poncho.
There was definitely reflected heat, not just a vapour/wind barrier.
 
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