Dadifer@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoUS makes strongest-ever armor material with 100 trillion bonds/cm²interestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down15
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minus-squareMossy Feathers (She/They)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·11 hours agoCould this be used to make a space elevator?
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 hours agoWhat about a space escalator?
minus-squarechunkystyles@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 minutes agoEscalator is smart, because if it breaks, you can still walk to space.
minus-squareAussiemandeus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 hours agoI heard it was for lifts only
minus-squareJustin@lemmy.jlh.namelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·10 hours agoIt would probably be strong enough, but not viable to manufacture.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 hours ago“the manufacturing process of the 2D polymer is highly scalable” First line of the article
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·7 hours agoOk but there’s ‘high’ and then there’s ‘low earth orbit’.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·7 hours agoThat’s what my dispensary tells me too
Could this be used to make a space elevator?
No.
What about a space escalator?
Escalator is smart, because if it breaks, you can still walk to space.
I heard it was for lifts only
It would probably be strong enough, but not viable to manufacture.
“the manufacturing process of the 2D polymer is highly scalable”
First line of the article
Scalability is not viability.
Ok but there’s ‘high’ and then there’s ‘low earth orbit’.
That’s what my dispensary tells me too
My man!