Demron

Thanks, Brian.

For example, here's a spiral-shaped carbon nano-tube that's just recently been discovered that's dozens of times stronger than the conventional cylendrical tube.

http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/05/polygonal-spiral-shaped-carbon-nanotubes-dis\
covered/

Whatever the actual usefulness of this particular one is, the pace of discovery is itself very promising.

George
cygo.com

>
> 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 http://cygo.com>
>

Tom Nugent, Liftport Director of Research, responded to Pugno's paper
(but not the article summarizing the paper) in January '06 in our Forum,
summarized here;

http://www.liftport.com/progress/wp/?p9

Brian Dunbar
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Liftport - The Space Elevator Company

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