From: The Butterfly (salsbury_at_bootstrap.sculptors.com)
Date: 02/27/98
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 11:16:43 -0800 Message-Id: <199802271916.LAA08244@bootstrap.sculptors.com> From: The Butterfly <salsbury_at_bootstrap.sculptors.com> Subject: Re: Helios: zero mass balloon
- > Not true. C60 *used* to be really expensive, about 8-10 years ago,
- > when they were still just learning about it. Nowadays, they churn it
- > out. It's quite easy to do, and they're making all sorts of novel nanoscale
- > structures out of it. (C70, C90, etc.). Working this stuff into
- > macro-scale materials is still the trick,
-
-in other words: it is not possible to make the materials at this
-time.
-
-patrick, we are building airships *now*. on a budget.
Well, they're working on things, but yes, I'd agree that you don't
want to go with those materials right now if you're working on something
right now. Too experimental and expensive.
-I am *not* trying to discourage you here. theory is nice.
-
-josh
-
No problem. I usually dwell 10-100 years out, so lots of what I
talk about is completely possible, and will someday be common (witness the
web...you should have heard me 4-5 years ago!) but it's not common yet.
-- Pat ___________________Think For Yourself____________________ Patrick G. Salsbury - http://www.sculptors.com/~salsbury/ --------------------------------------------------------- I can't hack caps lock being anywhere but a dip switch you have to unscrew a cover plate to use. -- Brad Templeton <brad_at_clari.net>