Not to mention it’s an incredibly useful metal. Arguably it’s changed civilization in significant ways.
Cheaply produced, lighter than steel, easier to shape, and while most of us tend to think aluminum in terms of easily crushed soda cans, the metal is actually very strong and sturdy at higher thicknesses.
Which is one reason the Trek universe started using Transparent Aluminum (ALON) for spaceship windows. And it’s just now becoming practical to use in our real universe.
Its a shame we will never get her backstory.
What makes you say that?
It’s gonna get its own chapter, I’d guess.
Yet another hint about what happened to her “tag alongs” and it doesn’t look good for them.
I’m not surprised about the can. It’s actually pretty recently that aluminum stopped being, in our world, super valuable and hard-to-obtain.
Not to mention it’s an incredibly useful metal. Arguably it’s changed civilization in significant ways.
Cheaply produced, lighter than steel, easier to shape, and while most of us tend to think aluminum in terms of easily crushed soda cans, the metal is actually very strong and sturdy at higher thicknesses.
Which is one reason the Trek universe started using Transparent Aluminum (ALON) for spaceship windows. And it’s just now becoming practical to use in our real universe.