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| Quantum wires to be used as power cables for next-gen spacecraft |
| 2005-04-26 |
| NASA has awarded Rice University's Carbon Nanotechnology Laboratory a four-year, $11 million contract to produce a prototype power cable made entirely of carbon nanotubes. The project aims to pioneer methods of producing pure nanotube power cables, known as quantum wires, which may conduct electricity up to 10 times better than copper and weigh about one-sixth as much. Such technologies may advance NASA's plans to return humans to the moon and eventually travel to Mars and beyond... |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #2 bullshit |
| Posted by: Thraing Hupoluper1864 2005-04-26 8:50:14 PM |
| #1 I'd spend the money on quantum duct tape, myself. |
| Posted by: Matt 2005-04-26 8:35:49 PM |