Nanotech Yields Superstrong Plastic

yay another invention that will make garbage that last a few millenia

How strong are these materials (in both tension and comression and/or hardness) compared to steel or other metallic materials? Pls email me with answer (markzsir@btinternet.com)

another plastic ..........

apart from aviation , defense ........we need these in regular use......are these biodegradable

Why is the first application for defense? Aren't there any peaceful uses which are more beneficial to people? The US military spends more than the rest of the world combined yet accounts for only 5% of the world's population. High time to use technological advances for the advancement of civilization rather than the destruction of it.

In defence applications you need not please environment conservers , probably so called dicipline defense dipartments maintain than civilians

"High time to use technological advances for the advancement of civilization rather than the destruction of it." ....and money saved . US military spends more on defense because they have more to spend than rest of the world.

It is interesting to note the awareness of many to the: environmental foot print.
With all the discussion back and forth many more are focusing their attention to the issue.
A recent commercial were a car sitting in a field was reclaimed back into the earth on a time-lapse projection into the future.
This is the first thing I thought of when I seen this tread.