From: michael@janeandi.fsnet.co.uk   
      
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   news:1124571583.311220.153750@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...   
   > Looks promising. Solar sails? The latest elevator designs use ribbon.   
   > For an elevator you'd want the vast majority of the tubes to be   
   > vertically aligned.   
   >   
   > No data on strength, except "weight for weight stronger than steel",   
   > which is hardly a major achievement - aluminium and lots of plastics do   
   > that already.   
      
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