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:Good to hear a second opinion confirming my understanding of the situation. I did a bunch of editing on it as well, it'd be annoying to have it turn out to be illegal after all. :) -BD

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How about using fibers made of synthetic spider silk protein? I heard spider silk is stronger than kevlar.

How about using fibers made of synthetic spider silk protein? I heard spider silk is stronger than kevlar.

Unfortunately, I'd bet protein-based cables wouldn't hold up very well in the vaccum and hard radiation of space. Not to mention that spiderwebs have a high liquid-water content, necessary for their springyness and flexibility. A pity since it'd be really cool to string spiderwebs into space like that.

	Revision 6 . . December 13, 2001 10:06 am by Bryan Derksen
	Revision 5 . . December 13, 2001 9:26 am by (logged).192.137.xxx
	Revision 4 . . December 13, 2001 9:24 am by Lee Daniel Crocker
	Revision 3 . . December 13, 2001 9:09 am by Bryan Derksen [whoops. Thanks for the catch. :)]
	Revision 2 . . December 13, 2001 8:58 am by MichaelTinkler [I like the entry - but the conclusion had to be removed.]
	Revision 1 . . December 13, 2001 8:54 am by MichaelTinkler [relocated advocacy conclusion]