Editing Nanomaterials and the Architecture of the Atomic Lattice (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Analyzing</span> ==
* '''The Space Elevator Dream''' — The absolute pinnacle of structural engineering is the Space Elevator: a massive cable anchored to the equator, stretching 22,000 miles straight up into geostationary orbit. It would reduce the cost of spaceflight to pennies. If you build the cable out of steel, it would instantly snap under its own massive weight. The only material mathematically capable of supporting its own weight over 22,000 miles is a continuous ribbon of flawless Carbon Nanotubes. The physics are perfect; the manufacturing is the bottleneck. We currently struggle to grow a flawless carbon nanotube longer than a few inches. The future of humanity as a space-faring species relies entirely on mastering the bottom-up synthesis of the carbon lattice.
* '''The End of Moore's Law''' — For 50 years, the computer industry survived by making silicon transistors smaller and smaller (Moore's Law). We have hit the physical wall. A modern transistor is just a few nanometers wide. If we make it any smaller, the silicon barrier is so thin that the electron literally "Quantum Tunnels" right through it, breaking the computer. Silicon is dead. The entire trillion-dollar semiconductor industry is desperately attempting to transition to Graphene or Carbon Nanotube transistors, because the 2D lattice of carbon allows for the flawless control of electrons at the absolute atomic limit.
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