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		andrewflnr on March 25, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Graphene aerogel takes world’s lightest material c... Wouldn't it be just as easy to make a lightweight shell around a vacuum?

mapt on March 26, 2013 [–]

Helium and hydrogen at STP are, for the most part, insufficiently different from a vacuum to make one desirable for lifting things.

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