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Originally Posted by freebeard
A few years back someone announced a double-smelting process that would make titanium as cheap as aluminum. I really wanted to see that one turn out.
The comet Kohoutek was a disappointment, too.
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There's a lot of this new material stuff going on, I remember reading about it ever since I was like 8, but none of it has ever become commercially available. People are always claiming to be able to produce some new composite material that's stronger and stiffer for less money. Well, MMC has been used in a handful of applications I guess, that's about it. Makes you wonder where all that VC money goes.