From: Tom B <kaladorn@g...>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 19:33:18 -0400
Subject: Some interesting space stuff
http://www.sciencenews.org/20021005/bob9.asp http://physicsweb.org/article/world/11/1/9 Elevators and nanotubes...... Neat. I've always wanted to do an FT or SG scenario with a beanstalk.
From: Andrew Duryea <aduryealist@y...>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 04:18:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Some interesting space stuff
> Elevators and nanotubes...... Interesting. I had also heard that one of the fears in building nano-structures is that they would burn _really_ easily if ignited (a whole chain of carbon just waiting to be converted to CO2.) That would only be a problem in the atmosphere, but that's kind of an important part.