20-01-2002 02:23									#1
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_relea...i-nau011102.php

Until quite recently, spider silk had the highest tensile strength
of any substance known to man, and the name Silksteel pays homage
to the arachnid for good reason.
^
^ -- Commissioner Pravin Lal,
^ "U.N. Scientific Survey"

	20-01-2002 02:44									#2
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quote: Originally posted by FrantzX http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_relea...i-nau011102.php Until quite recently, spider silk had the highest tensile strength of any substance known to man, and the name Silksteel pays homage to the arachnid for good reason. ^ ^ -- Commissioner Pravin Lal, ^ "U.N. Scientific Survey"

I read another article about how they genetically altered goats so that it will produce spider silk in it's milk.

I guess I should have finished reading the article!

	20-01-2002 03:04									#3
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That rocks!

Wouldn't surprise me in the least if someone one day posted an article about a macro-economic project involving most of the governments of the world to put a ship together and launch it toward the next nearest star....

-=Vel=-

	20-01-2002 03:24									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Velociryx That rocks! Wouldn't surprise me in the least if someone one day posted an article about a macro-economic project involving most of the governments of the world to put a ship together and launch it toward the next nearest star.... -=Vel=-

Yeah right! We can barely get it together on the space station. Though I'm sure one day. I was reading some interesting articles about using a huge solar sail that they're about to (have) tested. The ultimate idea is to have a high powered laser in orbit and the photons push the sail ship through space.

	20-01-2002 03:39									#5
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Unless there's been a change in the inverse square Coulomb law of electrostatic forces, photons have no mass. You'd do better to try ion propulsion.

	20-01-2002 04:36									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Libertarian Unless there's been a change in the inverse square Coulomb law of electrostatic forces, photons have no mass. You'd do better to try ion propulsion.

Well I could be wrong about the photon bit, but there's a group that was supposed to test a space sail a short while ago using light for it's propulsion. There was some sort of accident that caused damage to the sail and it had to be postponed. That was the last I've heard of it. It's being created by a civilian group of space travel enthusiasts, and the craft was being constructed in Russia. I came across the story at CNN.com about 6 months ago now, I believe.