Comment on New Supermaterial: As Strong As Steel And As Light As Styrofoam

sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• scintilla@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Carbon really is the closest thing to magic sci fi materials. It’s just so cool how strong it is and how versatile it could be. And to top it off it’s fucking everywhere so if we can figure out how to make things like this more effectively it wouldn’t even be that expensive.

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  • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Graphene is the most amazing material, it can do anything you can imagine - except leave the lab.

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    • Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Lol thanks

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• Dagwood222@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  So, no space elevator in the next few months?

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  • Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Not for us plebians

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  • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    the real problem is we keep trying from the ground up

    it’s going to win when we can lower it

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    • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Image

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    • Dagwood222@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I remember an Arthur Clarke novel where a space ship needs water from the planet below. The easiest thing is to lower cables from space and then lift some ice bergs.

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    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I get hints of a joke from your comment but I’m not certain, so I’ll mention that space elevators are currently impossible because the weight of the material to build it wouldn’t be able to support itself.

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