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Why do fiberoptic cables manufactured in microgravity have less imperfections (and thus work faster and require less electric input) than ones produced on the surface of the Earth?
The primary factor is the lack of gravity, but what does that do differently?
>Left, a fiberoptic cable made in space.
>Right, a normal fiberoptic cable made on Earth.
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I have to imagine there is a stage in the reorganization where a miniscule force (gravity) interferes or promotes certain imperfection causing behavior.
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>>9153767
Supposedly less crystallization:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/2421.html
Probably has to do with the way we pull fiber on earth which is a gravity driven process. Pic related needs a huge tower
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>>9153806
Nope, the glass they use wants to separate out into it's different constituents because of gravity:
https://sites.google.com/site/cmapproject/case-studies/exotic-glasses-and-fibers
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