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The research on light and strong materials is key to one day developing space elevators. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator#Cable http://en.wikipedia.
by btipling 14y ago
The research on light and strong materials is key to one day developing space elevators.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator#Cable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator#Cable
I don't know what the strength of this material is or its breaking length (a breaking length of 5,000 km is required for a space elevator), the abstract doesn't say so, but research like this is really exciting.
- ZoFreX 14y agoI don't understand geeks' obsessions with space elevators. It's not like materials are the only obstacle holding us back - they would be continually bombarded by meteors, and travelling up them would involve extremely long exposure to the high radiation band of the atmosphere. Now launch loops, that I could get excited about.