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A factory that can turn carbon nanotubes into a sheet a yard wide and long enough to stretch one-fourth of the way to the moon is not something you'll find at your local industrial park. That's the show-stopper for the space elevator. The ribbon.
A factory that can turn carbon nanotubes into a sheet a yard wide and long enough to stretch one-fourth of the way to the moon is not something you'll find at your local industrial park. That's the show-stopper for the space elevator. The ribbon.
Approximate author period: c. 1943 AD · modern
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- Seth Shostak
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- Approximate author period: c. 1943 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Seth Shostak: documented birth year 1943; activity date not established. Wikidata Q5762284, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5762284 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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