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When Stuff Gets Hot, It Gets Weird

Did you see the movie The Right Stuff? Starring Sam Shepard, Scott Glen, and Ed Harris, it's the story about our late 1950's test pilots becoming the pioneer astronauts in the Mercury 7 space program.

Investors often reference a "Sputnik Moment". If you've heard the phrase before but don't know what it means, it references the US government's paranoia when the Russia's were first to have a space craft- known as Sputnik- orbit the earth.

When the Russians got their space craft to orbit the earth, the Eisenhower Administration freaked out and announced it was putting a space program in place. NASA was founded as a response to Sputnik, and the Kennedy Administration upped the ante by setting a long range goal of being the first country to have a man walk on the moon. We got it done.

NASA was created- The National Air and Space Administration, and some of the greatest technology came out of NASA programs. Things like microwave ovens, kevlar, and all sorts of specialized materials came out of NASA.

NASA was constantly on the outlook for materials that could maintain their integrity in a super hot environment. The early space capsules nearly burned up on re entry.

You are looking at a photograph of the nose of the Space Shuttle Explorer. In longer range photos the nose looks white. However, the nose and the underside of the aircraft must endure extreme heat conditions.

The special tiles were developed to protect the aircraft from literally "melting" when it re enters the Earth's atmosphere. The friction created by hitting the atmosphere at very high speeds creates extraordinarily high temperatures.

A lot of this kind of technology was developed by NASA, but has found its way into commercial applications.

NASA is soon to be defunct. Truly unfortunate. In the US, I believe our two great strengths are innovation and finance. A lot of innovation came out of NASA. At present, we can no longer afford to send aircraft out of our atmosphere for the pure sake of science. Too bad.

Looking down the road, NASA's absence will leave a vacuum in the development of technology.
 

GreenCell (OTC BB: GCLL): Taking the Heat

With NASA all but a remnant of the past, smaller innovative companies need to fill the technology vacuum. Today's new idea is almost like a Biotech company, but without the need to find $1 billion for an FDA approval process. Commercial applications for this technology are mind boggling, and not far off.

It's a very risky idea- but aren't they all? As one of my mentors pointed out a long time ago, Risk and Rich are nearly the same word. The stock has little following at this time, but I expect that to change in the near future as the word starts to circulate on this company's unique technology.

GreenCell (GLCC) can take the heat- and I mean that literally. GLCC has developed a ceramic composite material called UltraTemp.

I can't go into great detail, because I'm not exactly sure how it works. I can just tell you this ceramic composite remains completely stable at 1800 degrees Centigrade. That's 18 times the boiling point of water. That's hot.

The stability of the materials at that high temperature is allowing the company to explore commercial applications previously thought impossible.

These two sample of UltraTemp burned at 1000 degrees C (10 times the boiling point of water). The sample on the left burned for one day. The sample on the right burned for 30 days.

Note there is no discernible difference between the two samples. If you know anything about materials, you know this is absolutely amazing.

The company is introducing this material to the automotive industry where it can be used in a variety of functions.

Since UltraTemp has amazing conductivity characteristics, it will likely be incorporated into the Fuel Cells of the future.

Fuel Cells generate power from an electrochemical reaction. Hydrogen and water are combined. Then, heat and electricity are given off.

UltraTemp will make Fuel Cells far more efficient, allow for conductivity in extreme heat conditions.

This is a true concept company- their UltraTemp material has disruptive potential with applications we can only guess at.

The stock is under followed at present, but I expect this one to develop a big following once investors begin to understand the true value of a material that maintains it's integrity and conductivity at 18 times the boiling point of water.

GCLL closed at $.45 yesterday. It traded about 100,000 shares. Future announcements could be huge. It printed at $1 a couple of days ago, and could easily get past $1 again on the right news.

Because it's fairly thinly traded, a major announcement could send this one through the roof.

SSL is $.25. Upside well over $1. This could be a bit lackluster at times, but when it hits, it will heat up to 1000 degrees C overnight. Once you own it, place a GTC sell order somewhere at $1 or more in case it trades up in a hurry, and then flames out. You don't want to miss a chance to double or triple your money.

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