Nano This and Nano That
Last Updated: Monday, 14-Aug-2006 17:00:00 PDT
We've all seen articles, papers, and predictions based on Nanotubes - they seem to be everywhere these days. Here is just one prediction: "Nanofibers (nanotubes) may offer the potential for creating some astoundingly large and strong space structures; they may make the prospect of rotating orbital colonies feasible." See The Use of Nanofibers in Space Construction for one speculative view.
Over the past year or so, we have seen a myriad other varieites of nano -this and nano -that. From nanosprings and nanohorns, to nanorods and nanomesh, there are nanoscale whosits and nanoscale whatsits gallore. Why, on Google alone, there are 9,950,000 pages that contain, somewhere, the word "nano"!
on the topic of nanotubes....they are using "some" methods to fuse them and make stronger different kinds of material for future applications which include space.
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ohk..thts cool..keep postin n more such stuffs buddy...
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