Demron

Also, new nanotubes are made far stronger than that mentioned in the depressing article(s) related to dooming the likelyhood of space elevators.

So, space elevators are still very possible.. very damn near probable.

George
cygo.com

Also see:
http://www.bayeconfor.org/basic/rep/rep_top.html

Researchers at IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose were first to position individual atoms one at a time (1989) and created the first mass-produced nanotech product (1997: the giant magnetoresistive sensor that enabled computer hard-disk drives to increase data density more than 15-fold over the past five years). In support of their mission to create a safe space-travel environment for astronauts, NASA-Ames scientists are developing a wide range of biomedical nanotechnologies that also have more general application, such as nanotube sensors for analyzing DNA sequences for cancer or biological threats and nanotube "vision chips" to restore vision impaired by macular degeneration. Berkeley Lab and University of California-Berkeley scientists were first to make nanotubes of exotic semiconductor materials, which they used to create arrays of the smallest lasers ever made - nanowire nanolasers - which could mimic biological functions in future labs-on-a-chip. Researchers from SRI International and NanoGram Corp. have teamed up to make ultra-small nanocrystal coating materials expected to enhance the function of phosphors, catalysts and ceramics. University of California-Davis researchers are developing innovative nanotechnologies to identify, degrade and/or destroy environmentally toxic materials.

The use of the word "nanotechnology" gives me pause. Just how far
along are we in nanotech?

Then again, that particular word is getting thrown around a lot, and
sometimes refers to things that Drexler and co. wouldn't have thought
to call "nanotechnology."