Space Elevator, Can we build one? |
Space Elevator, Can we build one? |
Aug 22 2005, 12:55 AM
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Aug 22 2005, 03:52 PM
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More information about Carbon Nanotube Sheets, click here.
Now, it is already useful for some space applicacions: Due to strength normalized to weight is important for many applications, especially in space and aerospace, and this property of the nanotube sheets already exceeds that of the strongest steel sheets and the Mylar and Kapton sheets used for ultralight air vehicles and proposed for solar sails for space applications, according to the researchers. Rodolfo |
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Aug 22 2005, 04:25 PM
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QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Aug 22 2005, 03:52 PM) More information about Carbon Nanotube Sheets, click here. Now, it is already useful for some space applicacions: Due to strength normalized to weight is important for many applications, especially in space and aerospace, and this property of the nanotube sheets already exceeds that of the strongest steel sheets and the Mylar and Kapton sheets used for ultralight air vehicles and proposed for solar sails for space applications, according to the researchers. Rodolfo A hot air or gas baloon for a venusian lander could use carbon fabrics too. (Perhaps even not nanotubes) as no plastic will do. |
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