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Originally Posted by Old Tele man

...well, hold onto your fears because DARPA and NASA are looking into ceramic jet engine turbines held within plastic (carbon-fiber) outer housings...super, SUPER lightweight and capable of producing 'near' after-burning power levels during a finite (ie: "oneway") lifetime/flight duration.

Plastic isn't carbon fiber, that I know of... if they're using carbon fiber, there's a good (light weight/super strong/resilient) reason for it.