[GraceG]

These are great for the first 100 miles, after that we really really need nuclear rockets....

Colonize the solar system, leave the commies on earth and lob a few rocks at them from time to time for laughs...

[DakotaGator]

The light weight of composite tanks makes them lighter to lift off the ground. This reduces the costs of launch, which in turn reduces the overall cost of a mission.

So what does that have to do with NASA's main mission of funneling money to Moslem terrorists?

[DannyTN]

The lighter material is much easier to launch. These tanks were launched onto the moon by an IED, and they're still intact.

[tanknetter]

So, does this mean that NASA can unmothball the X-33 project, that died because of failures with the early generation composite tanks?
Lockheed Martin still has the largely finished craft, tooling, etc n deep storage (next to the Ark of the Covenant)

[Jack Hammer]

The government already has an anti-gravity drive that we obtained from reverse engineering the alien technology captured at Roswell.

They’re keeping all their space ships garaged on the far side of the moon so the Russians and Chinese won’t see them.

They go far too fast for human endurance, but we have Peruvian pilots who are descended from the people of Atlantis and thus biogically superior.

I know this for a fact, because I saw it on a late-night special on the Discovery channel.

[reg45]

Also, lighter fuel tanks for hydrogen powered automobiles.

[Vince Ferrer]

This can lower costs even more if the composites can be cast or othetwise formed without having to weld many parts together.