the paper starship hull

[coliver988]

"..to the development of a "nanopaper" that is tougher than cast iron."

Ok, so maybe not the hull, but probably the internal walls at least.

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/609/1?

 

[sid6.7]

"..to the development of a "nanopaper" that is tougher than cast iron."

Ok, so maybe not the hull, but probably the internal walls at least.

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/609/1?

first thing i thought of was the term "throw the book at them"

takes on a whole different meaning now...

 

[Magnus von Thornwood]

lol

first thing i thought of was the term "throw the book at them"

takes on a whole different meaning now...

:rofl: cute, vera cute, thanks for the link/

 

[spank]

kind of stress

They only seem to be comparing it in one kind of stess, tension.

 

[coliver988]

cloth cars

ok, if a paper starship is not your forte, how about a cloth car: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kTYiEkQYhWY

 

[Andrew Boulton]

Hmm...origami starships...

 

[Magnus von Thornwood]

Winking Cars!

Wicked, Gnarly, Awesome!

Wow that was cool, any more wild ass neo-tech?

 

[Trouble]

Robur the Conquer's Albatross was made of paper. A point for Jules Verne?

 

[jamesraykenney]

Robur the Conquer's Albatross was made of paper. A point for Jules Verne?

Wow, I forgot about that!

Was that the one in Robur the Conquer or the sequel, Master of the World???
I have read Master of the World(and seen the movie{with Charles Bronson!!!}), but have never been able to find a copy of Robur the Conquer... OK, must check Amazon now...

 

[Trouble]

Robur the Conqueror. Try Gutenberg its free and you won't be out the $0.35 I spent for my Ace Double. (Actually I got it for half price at a used book store years ago).