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Nano makes it big
Nature News ^
| 27 February 2008
| Katharine Sanderson
Posted on 02/29/2008 9:21:00 PM PST by neverdem
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posted on
02/29/2008 9:21:02 PM PST
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
Body armor of the future.
To: neverdem
As the name implies, nanotubes are on the order of 10-9 metres in size...Reporters don't do math, and exponents are way beyond their scope.
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posted on
02/29/2008 9:27:09 PM PST
by
Rudder
To: neverdem
a billion billion nanotubes (more than 1017).
I'll say.
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posted on
02/29/2008 9:27:17 PM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
(the model prescribes the required behavior. disincentives ensure compliance.)
To: Sir Gawain
was thinking exactly the same thing....
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posted on
02/29/2008 9:27:53 PM PST
by
Irishguy
(How do ya LIKE THOSE APPLES!!!!)
To: neverdem
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posted on
02/29/2008 9:32:04 PM PST
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
To: the invisib1e hand
To: neverdem
yes, in principle a space elevator could zip up to a low-Earth orbit on a tether made out of super-tough, super-light materialDumbest. Idea. Ever.
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posted on
02/29/2008 10:47:15 PM PST
by
TheThinker
(Capitalism is the natural result of a democratic government.)
To: Rudder
Well, the copying & pasting didn’t retain the superscript in the original...
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posted on
02/29/2008 10:50:11 PM PST
by
Sloth
(Senator He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, D - Illinois)
To: Sloth
A big 10-9 here good buddy.
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posted on
02/29/2008 11:28:39 PM PST
by
Rudder
To: TheThinker
Dumbest Idea. Ever.
Why is that dumb? I've always thought a space elevator to be a very clever idea.
jas3
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posted on
02/29/2008 11:35:27 PM PST
by
jas3
To: TheThinker
Dumbest. Idea. Ever. Considering it was conceived by one of the smartest men who ever lived (Sir Arthur C Clarke) I think you should back up the statement.
Before he is dismissed as a science fiction writer remember that he also was the mind behind geosynchronous orbits as well as a number of other major scientific 'discoveries'.
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posted on
03/01/2008 4:34:37 AM PST
by
wireplay
To: TheThinker
Dumbest. Idea. Ever. Let me follow-up on my own response. A quote from Sir Clarke himself:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
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posted on
03/01/2008 4:42:08 AM PST
by
wireplay
To: TheThinker
A space elvevator, while unconventional, is really a practical solution to a lot of the problems we are having with space travel.
To: neverdem
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posted on
03/01/2008 4:53:07 AM PST
by
csvset
To: Mike Darancette
1X10^17? Who's your daddy, Einstein? ;)
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posted on
03/01/2008 6:25:48 AM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
(the model prescribes the required behavior. disincentives ensure compliance.)
To: neverdem
To: neverdem
To: neverdem
To: El Gato; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Robert A. Cook, PE; lepton; LadyDoc; jb6; tiamat; PGalt; Dianna; ...
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posted on
03/01/2008 7:52:21 AM PST
by
neverdem
(I have to hope for a brokered GOP Convention. It can't get any worse.)
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