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To: Vaquero

CF is already being used for an increasing number of body panels on cars, but it’s not suitable for a truck bed and is unlikely to be so for quite a while unless something new comes out. The strength isn’t the problem, the problem is what it does when it gets punctured or cracks.


200 posted on 10/14/2017 1:56:21 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

I’m waiting for that Arthur C Clarke space elevator utilizing carbon fiber filaments strung from the equator to a geosynchronous space station.


201 posted on 10/14/2017 2:09:46 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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