Re:3D printing with cellulose
by benibela on Monday March 20, 2017 @09:08AM
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Can we build a space elevator with this?
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Not with cellulose, and likely not from the ground up. Space elevators are typically imagined as being bootstrapped from a starter cable lowered from orbit. And the tensile strength for a safe one is an order of magnitude or two higher than good steel, to say nothing of plant fibers.
Could we build a space elevator with artificial silk?
https://www.slu.se/en/ew-news/2017/1/spinning-spider-silk-is...