Multi-layer Insulation blanket venting

I'll miss thinking about multi-layer insulation blankets.

Their shiny exterior, sometimes yellow, sometimes silver,

Kapton or Double Aluminized Mylar, or even white,

Tedlar, tiny titanium dioxide powders scattering light.

I'll miss thinking about rocket launches, and how a small

flap might quiver during the transonic regime, you'd 

hear the whistle of wind if you were there.

maybe you'll see the slight billow of a blanket

I'll miss talking to my friends about MLI blankets

but no one says that I can't quietly think of them

while I lie quietly in my bed at night.

in space, they will reflect the stars.