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Re:Moon Parka: Outerwear Made from Synthetic Spider Silk by mooreds on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @12:27PM (#10465408)
All new breakthroughs start expensive, though. Not until economies of scale come in does the price get driven down.
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Re:Moon Parka: Outerwear Made from Synthetic Spider Silk by djkrudy on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @01:59PM (#10466137)
Don't forget technological advancements, the other price driver. They're 11 years into the research, there could still be huge changes coming in how they can produce it.
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