In reply to Standing Bear's message of Fri, 7 Oct 2005 11:07:07 -0400: Hi, [snip] >and to paraphrase. The folks at liftport.com and other companies working >on this, and scientists with vision like Dr. Bradley Edwards know the >potential of these buckminsterfullerenes and have tested them and found >the strength there. It yet remains to manufacture that same strength into >a continuous ribbon. Six months ago there was no ability to even make the >ribbon. Now there is. We are a forum of the scientifically curious, or at >least ideally so. I believe that the spirit of Gene Mallove is still here >among us. I have faith that a way will be found to strengthen the SWCNT >ribbon sufficiently. It may not be the theoretical ideal, as that I feel is [snip] I have placed some calculations on my web page at http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/Space_Elevator.html
Regards, Robin van Spaandonk In a town full of candlestick makers, everyone lives in the light, In a town full of thieves, there is only one candle, and everyone lives in the night.
