Re: Wow.

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Re: Wow.

Nathan Koren — 11/5/2002 5:48:54 PM (archived)

I've heard that 10cm is the length at which a space elevator strung from carbon nanotubes just barely begin to become feasible. 30 cm is great!

Congrats for the Chinese. And I suspect we'll be offering them more congratulations in a little less than a month... ;-)

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Orbital tower here we come!! - ectoterrestrial - 11/5/2002 9:12:04 AM
- the real breakthrough with this stufff... - SDG - 11/6/2002 12:45:53 PM
- Re: Wow. - Nathan Koren - 11/5/2002 5:48:54 PM
- How fitting this would be, - Lee - 11/5/2002 2:10:33 PM
  - South China Sea (!) - Nick Hoffman - 11/6/2002 10:16:44 AM
- Re: We need to duplicate their achievement first !!! - SM - 11/5/2002 11:20:33 AM
  - Re: We need to duplicate their achievement first !!! - SM - 11/5/2002 7:14:14 PM
    - Re: Article in Nature Magazine - SM - 11/6/2002 1:16:29 PM
- How well does the stuff hold camouflage paint? - General George Patton - 11/5/2002 10:46:00 AM
  - I guess the short answer is to admit that EVERYTHING has military applications. And MREs come in vegetarian flavors too. (n/t) (n/t) - ectoterrestrial - 11/5/2002 11:13:06 AM
    - and some of the best flavors too! - Justin Kelly - 11/6/2002 4:21:28 PM

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