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   From: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net   
      
   in article 3slul1dq4i16u8dal5tjjgqclhuoso9arh@4ax.com, Jack Bohn at   
   jackbohn@bright.net wrote on 10/26/05 3:28 AM:   
      
   > Rich wrote:   
   >   
   >> Check this out.  This is the kind of material they want   
   >> to build the transport system for the "Space Elevator" with.   
   >>   
   >> 'Buckypaper': stronger than steel, harder than diamonds   
   >>   
   >> Working with a material 10 times lighter than steel - but 250 times   
   >> stronger - would be a dream come true for any engineer. If this   
   >> material also had amazing properties that made it highly conductive of   
   >> heat and electricity,   
   >   
   > Running something highly conductive of heat up from the equator   
   > to the cold of space... What would the effects of that be?   
      
   Well, space isn't actually 'cold' -- the space around us is getting as much   
   sunlight as the Earth is.  The end of your wire would be nice and warm while   
   it was in sunlight.   
      
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