July 15th, 2004, 04:30 AM
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Re: OT- Word of the day.
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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
What's a bucky ball?
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Synthetic Buckytubes (also called nano-tubes) are, theroeticly, the strongest substance we know is possible to create. And in fact has been created in incredibly small amounts. Unless I'm remembering this wrong, there are other substances that 'could' be stronger, but Buckytubes are the strongest proven to be possible.
Recent developments into this potential have even got NASA and others actually concidering using Buckytubes to build a space elevator! While the ability to create enough of this stuff is still many years away, it's got some peoples attention.
http://www.space.com/businesstechnol..._020327-1.html
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