[geeks] Carbon nanotube buckytape

[Phil Stracchino]

http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050815/full/050815-8.html

Continuous ribbon at 10 meters per minute.  30kg per square kilometer.
Stronger than steel.

Lessee ...  Space elevator, anyone?  And would you like a lightsail with
that?


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