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Re:Super-Strong Graphene Has an Achilles' Heel by BugBrother on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @06:25AM (#7672467)
How much stress would radiation outside the Van Allen belts add?

(I could probably find this out myself, but it was quite a few years ago. I assume a sheet would be damaged by gamma?)

Re:Super-Strong Graphene Has an Achilles' Heel by akiselev on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @08:02PM (#7677314)
I don't think there is a known material that wouldn't be damaged by gamma rays but it's a statistical process and we just don't have that many gamma rays on our surface.
Re:Super-Strong Graphene Has an Achilles' Heel by BugBrother on Friday May 02, 2014 @07:05AM (#7685006)
I was wondering about space applications.

A sheet might maybe self heal after gamma radiation, that is why I asked (depending on environment, there might not be much else to happen?). Most other radiation is charged and might be kept away with strong magnetic fields.

But, as I wrote, this was a long time ago.