https://lifeboat.com/blog/2008/02/how-long-did-you-want-that-space-elevator-cable Safeguarding Humanity Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:38:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2008/02/how-long-did-you-want-that-space-elevator-cable#comment-27580 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:38:41 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=126#comment-27580 As joe mentioned, nanowire != nanotube. Two very different and totally unrelated materials. This brings us no closer to a space elevator.

]]> https://lifeboat.com/blog/2008/02/how-long-did-you-want-that-space-elevator-cable#comment-16031 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:23:04 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=126#comment-16031 […] — How long did you want that space elevator cable? “Actually building components that will allow for the bootstrapping of a desktop sized […]

]]> https://lifeboat.com/blog/2008/02/how-long-did-you-want-that-space-elevator-cable#comment-15988 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:51:30 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=126#comment-15988 Eh, they don’t say anything about their long fiber being one continuous carbon nanotube. It’s just a fine string of individual molecules.

]]> https://lifeboat.com/blog/2008/02/how-long-did-you-want-that-space-elevator-cable#comment-15981 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:32:50 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=126#comment-15981 […] Via Lifeboat Foundation. […]

]]> https://lifeboat.com/blog/2008/02/how-long-did-you-want-that-space-elevator-cable#comment-15978 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:13:33 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=126#comment-15978 […] Read the rest of this great post here […]

]]> https://lifeboat.com/blog/2008/02/how-long-did-you-want-that-space-elevator-cable#comment-15966 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:07:28 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=126#comment-15966 […] elevator has just become vastly more practical because scientists have figured out how to”grow nanowires of unlimited length.” So I now urge John McCain to advocate building a space elevator. McCain seems like the type […]

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