Tektite Research

There are many reasons to research tektites. Australites were reportedly used as NASA researched re-entry modules (and intercontinental ballistic missiles). I think the reality is that the research was ongoing when people noticed the similarity to Australites. Tektite glass with a known age has also been used to study glass stability - important when encasing radioactive materials in glass. Tektites also tell us a lot about the impact process and the effects of impact. This is important as impacts will take place in the future. They can be used to give a maximum age of rocks and this is important in some archaeological contexts. I'm sure I've missed loads of reasons to study tektites, but I just wanted this to be an introduction to the next series of pages.