Space Applications
Space exploration has always been difficult due to the elements and other harsh factors. Buckytubes and buckyballs work well under ANY temperature variations making them perfect for space.
· 1) NASA Ames Research Center has the following amongst its interests: Chemical storage of data; Micro electrical Mechanical Systems (MEMS) gears and pumps; Nanotube heterojunctions; Nanotube as probes for metrology and measurement; Nanotube amplifiers; Nanotube robotic system manipulators; Molecular bearings; Nano capillaries; Nanotube ferromagnets; Coaxial nano cables; C60 coatings for magnetic disks.
2) Electrochemical, strength, communications, shielding, and optics are a few of the applications being pursued by NASA.