Spider-Silk Target Mount

1983:

The development of spider-silk target mounting by Steve Noyes of LLE was published for the first time in an article in the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology.

[1] B. A. Brinker, J. M. Cavese, J. R. Miller, S. G. Noyes, S. Sheble, and L. T. Whitaker “Inertial Fusion Target Mounting Methods: New Fabrication Procedures Reduce the Mounting Support Perturbation,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 1 (2) 941–944 (1983.)

Figure shown of Improvements in implosion symmetry due to the use of spider silk