What Really Happened to That X-Wing

[stickmaker]

Remember the X-Wing model rocket which came apart on liftoff? Someone had fun with the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgF9hBL-CuA

Comments

[solarbird]

As soon as I saw the title I knew what the video was going to be, but it's still funny. And cool.

[walkyrje.livejournal.com]

Where did you find the information on carbon ring armor which you mention in your article on powered armor?

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

From Dr. John Brantley. Unfortunately, he says that what's in the article is all the information he has. It's a purely theoretical material, at least for the foreseeable future.

[walkyrje.livejournal.com]

That is unfortunate. I was poking around the wikipedia articles on benzene, graphite, and graphenes last night, trying to find more information, and to imagine what the molecular structure of such a material would look like. I'm imagining benzine rings interlocked like chain mail, but I'm not sure I've got the right image in my head.