Could this be used to make a space elevator?
this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2025
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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
I think I remember reading that a structure strong enough would have to be wider than the earth
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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.
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Extreme doubt on strong enough. The author of this article barely understands the words they are using. Cool it strain hardens, so do so many other materials. Cool it's tough like many other materials. Wow it has more links than others. No actual numbers about toughness, yield, ultimate strength, cycle limits, etc. It's great research, but it absolutely isn't going to magically solve the space elevator issue.
Space elevator companies seem to think that materials exist that are strong enough, just that they are not long enough.
https://www.isec.org/space-elevator-tether-materials
Very much layman conjecture, but my assumption is that this material is stronger than carbon nanotubes and graphene.
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Of course it's plastic.
I mean, we have tried to completely stop, or at least slow, the refinement of crude oil, because there's so much fucking byproduct that is made from it and is subsequently recycled and converted into plastic. What else can we do with all that fucked up petroleum byproduct besides make it all into some form of usable plastic?
Whether or not it’s plastic isn’t as big an issue as whether or not it’s biodegradable within a realistic timeframe.
everything is degradable with enough heat
Microplastic, even
I'm sure it will mix well with the depleted uranium smoke the targeted crew will already be breathing.
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molecular chainmail
Goes on to form company called General Products, builds spacecraft hulls. 😉
Please, could we move to Known Space?
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Surely I can't be the only one who thought this were interleaved DNA chains
Anecdotal evidence would seem to suggest that DNA is not a particularly effective armor.
China, please respect this secret. Its made up with grapheme threads. Its impossible to understand exactly so we made a little picture with the molecules and such so you can't copy it.