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#3608625 - 07/17/12 02:21 PM OT - why not print a plane.
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#3608902 - 07/17/12 08:29 PM Re: OT - why not print a plane. [Re: RedToo]
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Interesting idea.
I don't like the idea of a transparent plane though. zombie


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#3609554 - 07/18/12 09:53 PM Re: OT - why not print a plane. [Re: RedToo]
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" This Airbus concept plane’s bionic structure requires materials that
aren’t available yet, such as strong-yet-transparent aluminum for the
fuselage, certain biopolymers and other materials strengthened by carbon
nano tubes."

I think these guys have been watching too much star trek. Or maybe this
is just a hoax. ...No, on further reading, I conclude that sentence is,
as usual, due to substandard journalism. You can all sing along: "this is
the way the world ends, this is the way the world ends..."

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#3609624 - 07/19/12 01:16 AM Re: OT - why not print a plane. [Re: PV1]
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Originally Posted By: PV1
" This Airbus concept plane’s bionic structure requires materials that
aren’t available yet, such as strong-yet-transparent aluminum for the
fuselage, certain biopolymers and other materials strengthened by carbon
nano tubes."

I think these guys have been watching too much star trek. Or maybe this
is just a hoax. ...No, on further reading, I conclude that sentence is,
as usual, due to substandard journalism. You can all sing along: "this is
the way the world ends, this is the way the world ends..."

When I read that line my first thoughts were about Star Trek 4 and Scotty giving the plastics engineer the formula for Transparent Aluminum.


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