January 19, 2002, 17:23
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To those who played SMAC/X
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-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.
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^ -- Commissioner Pravin Lal,
^ "U.N. Scientific Survey"
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January 19, 2002, 17:44
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Re: To those who played SMAC/X
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Originally posted by FrantzX
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-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"
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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!
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January 19, 2002, 18:04
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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....
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January 19, 2002, 18:24
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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=-
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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.
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January 19, 2002, 18:39
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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.
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January 19, 2002, 19:36
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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.
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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.
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